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Metadata-Version: 1.0
Name: pip
Version: 0.8.1
Summary: pip installs packages.  Python packages.  An easy_install replacement
Home-page: http://pip.openplans.org
Author: Ian Bicking
Author-email: python-virtualenv@groups.google.com
License: MIT
Description: The main website for pip is `pip.openplans.org
        <http://pip.openplans.org>`_.  You can also install
        the `in-development version <http://bitbucket.org/ianb/pip/get/tip.gz#egg=pip-dev>`_
        of pip with ``easy_install pip==dev``.
        
        
        Introduction
        ------------
        
        pip installs packages.  Python packages.
        
        If you use `virtualenv <http://virtualenv.openplans.org>`__ -- a tool
        for installing libraries in a local and isolated manner -- you'll
        automatically get a copy of pip.  Free bonus!
        
        Once you have pip, you can use it like this::
        
            $ pip install SomePackage
        
        SomePackage is some package you'll find on `PyPI
        <http://pypi.python.org/pypi/>`_.  This installs the package and all
        its dependencies.
        
        pip does other stuff too, with packages, but install is the biggest
        one.  You can ``pip uninstall`` too.
        
        You can also install from a URL (that points to a tar or zip file),
        install from some version control system (use URLs like
        ``hg+http://domain/repo`` -- or prefix ``git+``, ``svn+`` etc).  pip
        knows a bunch of stuff about revisions and stuff, so if you need to do
        things like install a very specific revision from a repository pip can
        do that too.
        
        If you've ever used ``python setup.py develop``, you can do something
        like that with ``pip install -e ./`` -- this works with packages that
        use ``distutils`` too (usually this only works with Setuptools
        projects).
        
        You can use ``pip install --upgrade SomePackage`` to upgrade to a
        newer version, or ``pip install SomePackage==1.0.4`` to install a very
        specific version.
        
        Pip Compared To easy_install
        ----------------------------
        
        pip is a replacement for `easy_install
        <http://peak.telecommunity.com/DevCenter/EasyInstall>`_.  It uses mostly the
        same techniques for finding packages, so packages that were made
        easy_installable should be pip-installable as well.
        
        pip is meant to improve on easy_install.  Some of the improvements:
        
        * All packages are downloaded before installation.  Partially-completed
          installation doesn't occur as a result.
        
        * Care is taken to present useful output on the console.
        
        * The reasons for actions are kept track of.  For instance, if a package is
          being installed, pip keeps track of why that package was required.
        
        * Error messages should be useful.
        
        * The code is relatively concise and cohesive, making it easier to use
          programmatically.
        
        * Packages don't have to be installed as egg archives, they can be installed
          flat (while keeping the egg metadata).
        
        * Native support for other version control systems (Git, Mercurial and Bazaar)
        
        * Uninstallation of packages.
        
        * Simple to define fixed sets of requirements and reliably reproduce a
          set of packages.
        
        pip doesn't do everything that easy_install does. Specifically:
        
        * It cannot install from eggs.  It only installs from source.  (In the
          future it would be good if it could install binaries from Windows ``.exe``
          or ``.msi`` -- binary install on other platforms is not a priority.)
        
        * It doesn't understand Setuptools extras (like ``package[test]``).  This should
          be added eventually.
        
        * It is incompatible with some packages that extensively customize distutils
          or setuptools in their ``setup.py`` files.
        
        pip is complementary with `virtualenv
        <http://pypi.python.org/pypi/virtualenv>`__, and it is encouraged that you use
        virtualenv to isolate your installation.
        
        Community
        ---------
        
        The homepage for pip is temporarily located `on PyPI
        <http://pypi.python.org/pypi/pip>`_ -- a more proper homepage will
        follow.  Bugs can go on the `pip issue tracker
        <http://bitbucket.org/ianb/pip/issues/>`_.  Discussion should happen on the
        `virtualenv email group
        <http://groups.google.com/group/python-virtualenv?hl=en>`_.
        
        Uninstall
        ---------
        
        pip is able to uninstall most installed packages with ``pip uninstall
        package-name``.
        
        Known exceptions include pure-distutils packages installed with
        ``python setup.py install`` (such packages leave behind no metadata allowing
        determination of what files were installed), and script wrappers installed
        by develop-installs (``python setup.py develop``).
        
        pip also performs an automatic uninstall of an old version of a package
        before upgrading to a newer version, so outdated files (and egg-info data)
        from conflicting versions aren't left hanging around to cause trouble. The
        old version of the package is automatically restored if the new version
        fails to download or install.
        
        .. _`requirements file`:
        
        Requirements Files
        ------------------
        
        When installing software, and Python packages in particular, it's common that
        you get a lot of libraries installed.  You just did ``easy_install MyPackage``
        and you get a dozen packages.  Each of these packages has its own version.
        
        Maybe you ran that installation and it works.  Great!  Will it keep working?
        Did you have to provide special options to get it to find everything?  Did you
        have to install a bunch of other optional pieces?  Most of all, will you be able
        to do it again?  Requirements files give you a way to create an *environment*:
        a *set* of packages that work together.
        
        If you've ever tried to setup an application on a new system, or with slightly
        updated pieces, and had it fail, pip requirements are for you.  If you
        haven't had this problem then you will eventually, so pip requirements are
        for you too -- requirements make explicit, repeatable installation of packages.
        
        So what are requirements files?  They are very simple: lists of packages to
        install.  Instead of running something like ``pip MyApp`` and getting
        whatever libraries come along, you can create a requirements file something like::
        
            MyApp
            Framework==0.9.4
            Library>=0.2
        
        Then, regardless of what MyApp lists in ``setup.py``, you'll get a
        specific version of Framework (0.9.4) and at least the 0.2 version of
        Library.  (You might think you could list these specific versions in
        MyApp's ``setup.py`` -- but if you do that you'll have to edit MyApp
        if you want to try a new version of Framework, or release a new
        version of MyApp if you determine that Library 0.3 doesn't work with
        your application.)  You can also add optional libraries and support
        tools that MyApp doesn't strictly require, giving people a set of
        recommended libraries.
        
        You can also include "editable" packages -- packages that are checked out from
        Subversion, Git, Mercurial and Bazaar.  These are just like using the ``-e``
        option to pip.  They look like::
        
            -e svn+http://myrepo/svn/MyApp#egg=MyApp
        
        You have to start the URL with ``svn+`` (``git+``, ``hg+`` or ``bzr+``), and
        you have to include ``#egg=Package`` so pip knows what to expect at that URL.
        You can also include ``@rev`` in the URL, e.g., ``@275`` to check out
        revision 275.
        
        Requirement files are mostly *flat*.  Maybe ``MyApp`` requires
        ``Framework``, and ``Framework`` requires ``Library``.  I encourage
        you to still list all these in a single requirement file; it is the
        nature of Python programs that there are implicit bindings *directly*
        between MyApp and Library.  For instance, Framework might expose one
        of Library's objects, and so if Library is updated it might directly
        break MyApp.  If that happens you can update the requirements file to
        force an earlier version of Library, and you can do that without
        having to re-release MyApp at all.
        
        Read the `requirements file format <http://pip.openplans.org/requirement-format.html>`_ to
        learn about other features.
        
        Freezing Requirements
        ---------------------
        
        So you have a working set of packages, and you want to be able to install them
        elsewhere.  `Requirements files`_ let you install exact versions, but it won't
        tell you what all the exact versions are.
        
        To create a new requirements file from a known working environment, use::
        
            $ pip freeze > stable-req.txt
        
        This will write a listing of *all* installed libraries to ``stable-req.txt``
        with exact versions for every library.  You may want to edit the file down after
        generating (e.g., to eliminate unnecessary libraries), but it'll give you a
        stable starting point for constructing your requirements file.
        
        You can also give it an existing requirements file, and it will use that as a
        sort of template for the new file.  So if you do::
        
            $ pip freeze -r devel-req.txt > stable-req.txt
        
        it will keep the packages listed in ``devel-req.txt`` in order and preserve
        comments.
        
        Bundles
        -------
        
        Another way to distribute a set of libraries is a bundle format (specific to
        pip).  This format is not stable at this time (there simply hasn't been
        any feedback, nor a great deal of thought).  A bundle file contains all the
        source for your package, and you can have pip install them all together.
        Once you have the bundle file further network access won't be necessary.  To
        build a bundle file, do::
        
            $ pip bundle MyApp.pybundle MyApp
        
        (Using a `requirements file`_ would be wise.)  Then someone else can get the
        file ``MyApp.pybundle`` and run::
        
            $ pip install MyApp.pybundle
        
        This is *not* a binary format.  This only packages source.  If you have binary
        packages, then the person who installs the files will have to have a compiler,
        any necessary headers installed, etc.  Binary packages are hard, this is
        relatively easy.
        
        Using pip with virtualenv
        -------------------------
        
        pip is most nutritious when used with `virtualenv
        <http://pypi.python.org/pypi/virtualenv>`__.  One of the reasons pip
        doesn't install "multi-version" eggs is that virtualenv removes much of the need
        for it.  Because pip is installed by virtualenv, just use
        ``path/to/my/environment/bin/pip`` to install things into that
        specific environment.
        
        To tell pip to only run if there is a virtualenv currently activated,
        and to bail if not, use::
        
            export PIP_REQUIRE_VIRTUALENV=true
        
        To tell pip to automatically use the currently active virtualenv::
        
            export PIP_RESPECT_VIRTUALENV=true
        
        Providing an environment with ``-E`` will be ignored.
        
        Using pip with virtualenvwrapper
        ---------------------------------
        
        If you are using `virtualenvwrapper
        <http://www.doughellmann.com/projects/virtualenvwrapper/>`_, you might
        want pip to automatically create its virtualenvs in your
        ``$WORKON_HOME``.
        
        You can tell pip to do so by defining ``PIP_VIRTUALENV_BASE`` in your
        environment and setting it to the same value as that of
        ``$WORKON_HOME``.
        
        Do so by adding the line::
        
            export PIP_VIRTUALENV_BASE=$WORKON_HOME
        
        in your .bashrc under the line starting with ``export WORKON_HOME``.
        
        Using pip with buildout
        -----------------------
        
        If you are using `zc.buildout
        <http://pypi.python.org/pypi/zc.buildout>`_ you should look at
        `gp.recipe.pip <http://pypi.python.org/pypi/gp.recipe.pip>`_ as an
        option to use pip and virtualenv in your buildouts.
        
        Command line completion
        -----------------------
        
        pip comes with support for command line completion in bash and zsh and
        allows you tab complete commands and options. To enable it you simply
        need copy the required shell script to the your shell startup file
        (e.g. ``.profile`` or ``.zprofile``) by running the special ``completion``
        command, e.g. for bash::
        
            $ pip completion --bash >> ~/.profile
        
        And for zsh::
        
            $ pip completion --zsh >> ~/.zprofile
        
        Alternatively, you can use the result of the ``completion`` command
        directly with the eval function of you shell, e.g. by adding::
        
            eval "`pip completion --bash`"
        
        to your startup file.
        
        Searching for packages
        ----------------------
        
        pip can search the `Python Package Index <http://pypi.python.org/pypi>`_ (PyPI)
        for packages using the ``pip search`` command. To search, run::
        
            $ pip search "query"
        
        The query will be used to search the names and summaries of all packages
        indexed.
        
        pip searches http://pypi.python.org/pypi by default but alternative indexes
        can be searched by using the ``--index`` flag.
        
        Mirror support
        --------------
        
        The `PyPI mirroring infrastructure <http://pypi.python.org/mirrors>`_ as
        described in `PEP 381 <http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0381/>`_ can be
        used by passing the ``--use-mirrors`` option to the install command.
        Alternatively, you can use the other ways to configure pip, e.g.::
        
            $ export PIP_USE_MIRRORS=true
        
        If enabled, pip will automatically query the DNS entry of the mirror index URL
        to find the list of mirrors to use. In case you want to override this list,
        please use the ``--mirrors`` option of the install command, or add to your pip
        configuration file::
        
            [install]
            use-mirrors = true
            mirrors =
                http://d.pypi.python.org
                http://b.pypi.python.org
        
Keywords: easy_install distutils setuptools egg virtualenv
Platform: UNKNOWN
Classifier: Development Status :: 4 - Beta
Classifier: Intended Audience :: Developers
Classifier: License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License
Classifier: Topic :: Software Development :: Build Tools
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 2.4
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 2.5
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 2.6
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 2.7