[Python-Dev] pypi simple index

[Carlos Barera]

Thanks Rob!



On Thu, Dec 17, 2015 at 7:36 PM, Robert Collins <robertc at robertcollins.net>
wrote:

>
>
> On 18 December 2015 at 06:13, Carlos Barera <carlos.barera at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm using install_requires in setup.py to specify a specific package my
>> project is dependant on.
>> When running python setup.py install, apparently the simple index is used
>> as an older package is taken from pypi. While
>>
>
> What's happening here is that easy-install is triggering - which does not
> support wheels. Use 'pip install .' instead.
>
>
>> in https://pypi.python.org/pypi, there's a newer package.
>> When installing directly using pip, the latest package is installed
>> successfully.
>> I noticed that the new package is only available as a wheel and older
>> versions of setup tools won't install wheels for install_requires.
>> However, upgrading setuptools didn't help.
>>
>> Several questions:
>> 1. What's the difference between the pypi simple index and the general
>> pypi index?
>>
>
> The '/simple' API is for machine consumption, /pypi is for humans, other
> than that there should be not be any difference.
>
>
>> 2. Why is setup.py defaulting to the simple index?
>>
>
> Because it is the only index :).
>
>
>> 3. How can I make the setup.py triggered install use the main pypi index
>> instead of simple
>>
>
> You can't - the issue is not the index being consulted, but your use of
> 'python setup.py install' which does not support  wheels.
>
> Cheers,
> Rob
>
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