Specify extras_require with pip install -e
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How can one manage to install extras_requires with pip when installing from a git repository ?
I know that you can do pip install project[extra] when the project is on pypi.
And you have to do pip install -e git+https://github.com/user/project.git#egg=project for a git repo but I didn't manage to find how to link these two options together.
Python Solutions
Solution 1 - Python
This should work, per example #6
For remote repos:
pip install -e git+https://github.com/user/project.git#egg=project[extra]
And this for local ones (thanks to @Kurt-Bourbaki):
pip install -e .[extra]
As per @Jurt-Bourbaki:
If you are using zsh you need to escape square brackets or use quotes:
pip install -e .\[extra\]
# or
pip install -e ".[extra]"
Solution 2 - Python
Important to notice: you should not have whitespaces around or within brackets. I.e. this will work: -e ".[extra1,extra2]" but this won't: -e ". [extra1, extra2]" - and even as a row in requirements.txt file, where it is not so obvious. The worst thing about it is that when you have whitespace, extras are just silently ignored.
Solution 3 - Python
This also works when installing from a whl file so, for example, you can do:
pip install path/to/myapp-0.0.1-py3-none-any.whl[extra1]
This is very far from clear from the docs, and not particularly intuitive.
Solution 4 - Python
Using git + ssh to install packages with extras from private repositories:
pip install -e 'git+ssh://[email protected]/user/project.git#egg=project[extra1,extra2]'