[Distutils] Reinstall with pip

Carlos Barera carlos.barera at gmail.com
Sun Dec 27 08:24:28 EST 2015


Thanks! I'll give it a try.

On Thu, Dec 24, 2015 at 9:13 PM, Erik Bray <erik.m.bray at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Wed, Dec 23, 2015 at 5:23 PM, Carlos Barera <carlos.barera at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have an automation task that installs a python package from within the
> > project dir using: pip install .
> >
> > What's the right way to reinstall the same package (same version)?
> > --upgrade + --force-reinstall ?
> > Is --no-deps recommended ?
> > How about uninstalling and reinstalling ?
>
> I've generally had luck with
>
> pip install --upgrade --force-reinstall --no-deps
>
> This should automatically take care of uninstalling before
> reinstalling too, so you shouldn't wind up with a broken package or
> outdated files hanging around.
>
> Erik
>
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