Thorsten Kampe wrote:
> * Robert Kern (Mon, 26 Nov 2007 04:34:17 -0600)
>> Thorsten Kampe wrote:
>>> * Robert Kern (Sat, 24 Nov 2007 16:33:37 -0600)
>>>> Thorsten Kampe wrote:
>>>>> can anyone give me a short code snippet how to install a missing
>>>>> module via setuptools (assuming setuptools is already installed)?!
>>>>>
>>>>> Something like this:
>>>>>
>>>>> try:
>>>>> import missing_module
>>>>> except import_error
>>>>> import setuptools
>>>>> setuptools.whatever.install(missing_module)
>>>> The recommended way to handle dependencies using setuptools is to specify
>>>> them
>>>> in the install_requires metadata in the setup() function call in your
>>>> setup.py:
>>> It's just a simple script - no package. So I don't even have a
>>> setup.py.
> [...]
>> My apologies for misleading you. There is no easy way to do this. Here is a
>> roundabout way which might be suitable for a throwaway hack script. If it's
>> not
>> a throwaway hack script, then please heed Ben's advice. Alternatively, just
>> distribute betterprint along with your script and save yourself the headache.
>>
>>
>> In [1]: import betterprint
>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> ImportError Traceback (most recent call last)
>>
>> /Users/rkern/<ipython console> in <module>()
>>
>> ImportError: No module named betterprint
>>
>> In [2]: import pkg_resources
>>
>> In [3]: from setuptools.dist import Distribution
>>
>> In [4]:
>> pkg_resources.working_set.resolve(pkg_resources.parse_requirements('betterprint'),
>> installer=Distribution().fetch_build_egg)
>> zip_safe flag not set; analyzing archive contents...
>>
>> Installed /Users/rkern/betterprint-0.1-py2.5.egg
>> Out[4]: [betterprint 0.1 (/Users/rkern/betterprint-0.1-py2.5.egg)]
>
> Okay, works for me, thanks. Is there an option to have the downloaded
> module installed into the "site-packages" directory (and not into the
> current)?
No. This is a hack. If you need things installed properly, use a setup.py.
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Robert Kern
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that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it had
an underlying truth."
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