At 09:05 PM 3/4/2008 +0000, Paul Moore wrote:
This is a dumb question, but I can't find the answer in the easy_install documentation (I have to say, I always find that page hard to follow...)
How do I use easy_install to just locate and download an egg (not install it)?
Suppose I have a directory "eggs" and I want to grab a batch of eggs from PyPI or wherever. I can simply go to the appropriate download pages with my web browser, and download the files, but surely I can get easy_install to grab the files for me?
easy_install -zmaxd targetdir ... The -x is to --exclude-scripts, and -d sets the --install-directory. -m means multi-version, which keeps it from checking for sys.path compatibility and avoids creating an easy-install.pth. -z means not to unzip the files, and -a means --always-copy, so even if the requested egg is already on sys.path, it'll be copied to targetdir.
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Paul Moore
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