On Nov 23, 2015 10:46 AM, "Chris Barker" <chris.bar...@noaa.gov> wrote: > > On Sun, Nov 22, 2015 at 2:58 PM, Wolfgang Maier < wolfgang.ma...@biologie.uni-freiburg.de> wrote: > >>> >>> Useful content starts only 2/3 down the first page. The large "pip >>> install six" snippet probably doesn't deserve being that proeminent >>> (or being there at all), and is ironically redundant with the "how do >>> I install this?" link just below. >>> >> >> My favorite is "pip install pip". Seriously, is this installation one-liner going to be configurable by package authors eventually or will it just always say pip install no-matter-what? > > > This is a good point -- is there a need for generic install instruction on every package page? > > If so -- it should be small :-) > > Also -- maybe not the thread to bring this up in -- but maybe it should be:: > > python -m pip install package_name >
I find this form preferable, especially for [shell] scripting, because: * $PATH: ./bin/python[3.5] and ./bin/pip may not be in the same path (e.g. system, virtualenv, condaenv, --prefix) type python type pip which python which pip python -m site python -m site --user-base python -m site --user-site * declare -rx PYTHONBIN="${VIRTUAL_ENV}/bin/python" "${PYTHONBIN}" -m pip install -U pip "${PYTHONBIN}" -m site https://docs.python.org/2/library/site.html > -CHB > > > -- > > Christopher Barker, Ph.D. > Oceanographer > > Emergency Response Division > NOAA/NOS/OR&R (206) 526-6959 voice > 7600 Sand Point Way NE (206) 526-6329 fax > Seattle, WA 98115 (206) 526-6317 main reception > > chris.bar...@noaa.gov > > _______________________________________________ > Distutils-SIG maillist - Distutils-SIG@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/distutils-sig >
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