[Distutils] easy_install question

[Phillip J. Eby]

At 09:38 PM 9/23/2005 +0200, Thomas Heller wrote:

>- When I run 'easy_install ctypes', the behaviour depends on the current
>directory.  If I run this when the current dir contains a 'ctypes'
>subdirectory, it doesn't search pypi^H^H^H^HCheeseShop for this name,
>instead it seems to attempt to install from source in that directory.
>Is that intended?

Yes.  EasyInstall's arguments may be a URL, an existing local filename, or 
a "requirement" string, and the precedence is in that order.  (i.e., it's 
checked to see if it's a URL, then if it's a filename, and finally parsing 
as a requirement string is done.)


>   Can I override this behaviour?

Add a version specifier, e.g. "ctypes==4.0", or use an absolute URL.


>- When I install a package which requires another package is there a way
>to specify a download url for the required package?

The --find-links option can include download links as well as URLs of pages 
containing download links.  If you pass a URL that ends with a recognizable 
distutils filename, EasyInstall will use it if it matches the version 
requirement(s).

A question: are you embedding EasyInstall in something else, or are these 
questions about direct use?