Bootstrapping pip and setuptools
Not sure whether this is interesting for anyone, but since I saw some threads about bootstrapping pip and setuptools, I though I might throw in a tool which does this. For a while now, we've been making eGenix PyRun available, a Python run time that fits into a single file on Unix: http://www.egenix.com/products/python/PyRun/ It's a great virtualenv replacement and doesn't rely on the system provided Python installation. Now, to make installation of PyRun even easier, we added an install script called install-pyrun: https://downloads.egenix.com/python/install-pyrun This script downloads the correct PyRun for the platform and then goes on to bootstrap pip and setuptools fully automatically. It does this by fetching the most recent versions of these tools straight from PyPI, without relying on Python (or PyRun). The script is a simple bash script and uses curl or wget for the fetch operation, so you get certificate checking, HTTPS, etc. for free. -- Marc-Andre Lemburg eGenix.com Professional Python Services directly from the Source (#1, Sep 18 2013)
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On Sep 18, 2013, at 3:54 AM, "M.-A. Lemburg" <mal@egenix.com> wrote:
Not sure whether this is interesting for anyone, but since I saw some threads about bootstrapping pip and setuptools, I though I might throw in a tool which does this.
For a while now, we've been making eGenix PyRun available, a Python run time that fits into a single file on Unix:
http://www.egenix.com/products/python/PyRun/
It's a great virtualenv replacement and doesn't rely on the system provided Python installation.
Now, to make installation of PyRun even easier, we added an install script called install-pyrun:
https://downloads.egenix.com/python/install-pyrun
This script downloads the correct PyRun for the platform and then goes on to bootstrap pip and setuptools fully automatically. It does this by fetching the most recent versions of these tools straight from PyPI, without relying on Python (or PyRun).
The script is a simple bash script and uses curl or wget for the fetch operation, so you get certificate checking, HTTPS, etc. for free.
Are you suggesting this as an alternative to PEP453 or just advertising it exists? ----------------- Donald Stufft PGP: 0x6E3CBCE93372DCFA // 7C6B 7C5D 5E2B 6356 A926 F04F 6E3C BCE9 3372 DCFA
On 18.09.2013 13:09, Donald Stufft wrote:
On Sep 18, 2013, at 3:54 AM, "M.-A. Lemburg" <mal@egenix.com> wrote:
Not sure whether this is interesting for anyone, but since I saw some threads about bootstrapping pip and setuptools, I though I might throw in a tool which does this.
For a while now, we've been making eGenix PyRun available, a Python run time that fits into a single file on Unix:
http://www.egenix.com/products/python/PyRun/
It's a great virtualenv replacement and doesn't rely on the system provided Python installation.
Now, to make installation of PyRun even easier, we added an install script called install-pyrun:
https://downloads.egenix.com/python/install-pyrun
This script downloads the correct PyRun for the platform and then goes on to bootstrap pip and setuptools fully automatically. It does this by fetching the most recent versions of these tools straight from PyPI, without relying on Python (or PyRun).
The script is a simple bash script and uses curl or wget for the fetch operation, so you get certificate checking, HTTPS, etc. for free.
Are you suggesting this as an alternative to PEP453 or just advertising it exists?
Not sure. It works today and is so easy to use, you simply forget about all the complications it solves :-) Upside: It works with Python 2.x and 3.x. Downside: Unix only. For Windows, using Python would be easier, perhaps using curl and pycurl to do the SSL heavy lifting: http://curl.haxx.se/download.html http://pycurl.sourceforge.net/ https://github.com/pycurl-devs/pycurl/blob/master/examples/retriever.py It should be possible to wrap all that into an .exe using py2exe for Python 2.x and cx_Freeze for Python 3.x. -- Marc-Andre Lemburg eGenix.com Professional Python Services directly from the Source (#1, Sep 18 2013)
Python Projects, Consulting and Support ... http://www.egenix.com/ mxODBC.Zope/Plone.Database.Adapter ... http://zope.egenix.com/ mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ... http://python.egenix.com/
2013-09-11: Released eGenix PyRun 1.3.0 ... http://egenix.com/go49 2013-09-20: PyCon UK 2013, Coventry, UK ... 2 days to go 2013-09-28: PyDDF Sprint ... 10 days to go eGenix.com Software, Skills and Services GmbH Pastor-Loeh-Str.48 D-40764 Langenfeld, Germany. CEO Dipl.-Math. Marc-Andre Lemburg Registered at Amtsgericht Duesseldorf: HRB 46611 http://www.egenix.com/company/contact/
On 18 September 2013 12:49, M.-A. Lemburg <mal@egenix.com> wrote:
Upside: It works with Python 2.x and 3.x. Downside: Unix only.
From your description, it's not clear - is it just the installer that's Unix-only, or the runtime as well? I just looked at the link, apparently the runtime is as well, but I'm not sure why (it wouldn't need curl, for example).
IMO, anything that doesn't support Windows is at best peripheral to this discussion (although PyRun itself sounds awesome, and I'd love to see a Windows version!) Paul
On 18.09.2013 14:09, Paul Moore wrote:
On 18 September 2013 12:49, M.-A. Lemburg <mal@egenix.com> wrote:
Upside: It works with Python 2.x and 3.x. Downside: Unix only.
From your description, it's not clear - is it just the installer that's Unix-only, or the runtime as well? I just looked at the link, apparently the runtime is as well, but I'm not sure why (it wouldn't need curl, for example).
The script is a bash script and the bootstrapping is part of it. The script downloads setuptools and pip from PyPI using curl (or wget).
IMO, anything that doesn't support Windows is at best peripheral to this discussion (although PyRun itself sounds awesome, and I'd love to see a Windows version!)
Yeah, some rainy day maybe :-) -- Marc-Andre Lemburg eGenix.com Professional Python Services directly from the Source (#1, Sep 18 2013)
Python Projects, Consulting and Support ... http://www.egenix.com/ mxODBC.Zope/Plone.Database.Adapter ... http://zope.egenix.com/ mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ... http://python.egenix.com/
2013-09-11: Released eGenix PyRun 1.3.0 ... http://egenix.com/go49 2013-09-20: PyCon UK 2013, Coventry, UK ... 2 days to go 2013-09-28: PyDDF Sprint ... 10 days to go eGenix.com Software, Skills and Services GmbH Pastor-Loeh-Str.48 D-40764 Langenfeld, Germany. CEO Dipl.-Math. Marc-Andre Lemburg Registered at Amtsgericht Duesseldorf: HRB 46611 http://www.egenix.com/company/contact/
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