Installing dependencies from local paths or git repositories using --find-links

[timhoffm]

• Pip version: 9.0.3
• Python version: 2.7.6
• Operating system: Ubuntu

Description:

I would like to install dependencies from local paths/git repositories without specifying the exact path as part of the package. I figure, that --find-links can be used to provide the necessary paths when installing. The doc says

If a local path or file:// url that's a directory, then look for archives in the directory listing.

Not sure if this mean I really would have to package the dependencies.

Requirements.txt works

I can install dependencies via pip install -r requirements.txt from local directories or bare git repositories using

# requirements.txt
file:///home/tim/workspace/mypackage#egg=mypackage --no-index

or

# requirements.txt
git+file:///repos/gitroot/mypackage.git#egg=mypackage --no-index

--find-links does not work

I would assume that the same thing should be possible via install_requires='mypackage' in setup.py and

pip install package-requireing-mypackage --find-links file:///home/tim/workspace/mypackage#egg=mypackage --no-index

or

pip install package-requireing-mypackage --find-links git+file:///repos/gitroot/mypackage.git#egg=mypackage --no-index

Unfortunately none of these works ("No matching distribution found for mypackage").

The documentation on --find-links is bit short and I don't know if this is supposed to work or if I would have to adapt my call.

[pfmoore]

--find-links should point at a directory containing wheel or sdist files. You cannot use source checkouts with --find-links.

[timhoffm]

Thanks for the quick reply.

Is there any way to configure source checkouts or git repos as sources for install_requires dependencies?

[xavfernandez]

With #5571 being merged, it will be possible to use urls in install_requires in upcoming pip 18.1.

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