[Create a simple Pip Python Repository]

Tags: #python3 #pip #repository #pypi

Create a simple Pip Python Repository.md

Note: summarized from this post.

The simplest way to have pip install foo run successfully against your own Pip repository (instead of using the official PyPi) is to:

Run a web server that exposes the directory listing (e.g. use nginx).
Have the packages you need installed as individual directories on the web server.
Setup a /etc/pip.conf file locally that is configured to your web server.

For step 2, the directory structure might look something like:

.
├── airports
│   └── airports-0.2.tar.gz
└── paho-mqtt
    └── paho-mqtt-1.5.0.tar.gz

For step 3, the /etc/pip.conf file could look something like:

[global]
index = http://10.53.1.1/pip/
index-url = http://10.53.1.1/pip/
trusted-host = 10.53.1.1

Note: 10.53.1.1 should be replaced with your own web server IP.

It’s worth noting that you don’t need a /etc/pip.conf file, as those options can be provided on the command line (e.g. pip install --index-url=<your_webserver_address> <package(s)>).

Now you should be able to install from your own Python repository:

$ python3.7 -m venv test_custom_pip
$ source test_custom_pip/bin/activate
$ pip install airports

In order to backup the packages your project depends on (e.g. have them installed on your web server in a format that pip install will recognize) is to use a tool such as pip2pi.

The pip2pi package can be installed via pip. It can also use (although optional) a requirements.txt file for specifying the packages you want it to download.