Python: install package offline with dependencies with Pip?

Question

I have created a package which I can install with internet connection but I need to install it now without Internet connection so I need to download all external dependencies and install them from sources.

How can I install Python package from sources with external packages requiring internet connection? In other words, how can I make pip to look for local sources and not external sources in the installation?

Solution

This question seems to have already been answered here

However, here is a quick summary:

1. Upload your package to the Python Package Index (PyPI)

2. Download the package using pip on a machine with internet connection, then turn the package into a .tar file

   mkdir ~/some_directory
   pip download some_package -d "~/some_directory"
   tar -cvfz some_package.tar some_directory
   

3. Once in .tar format, you can install the package without internet connection on a machine with Python.

   tar -xzvf some_package.tar
   cd some_directory
   pip install some_package-x.x.x-py2.py3-x-x.whl -f ./ --no-index
   

Comments

[Ryan Codrai]

In your 3rd command in step 2. the command line parameters should actually be -cvzf where the filename parameter comes last so that the next immediate parameter (which is supplied value of the filename) is interpreted correctly.