pip install to a local folder
installation, pip, python-2.7
Solution
`--prefix=` needs to be an absolute path. Doing:
$ pip install --install-option="--prefix=/tmp/mypython" IPy
for example, should work without any errors.
Problem
Is it possible to install packages to any arbitrary folder? e.g. I tried to install a package to a local folder but it throws error, same error comes up with any other package ``` /tmp$ pip install --install-option="--prefix=mypython" IPy Downloading/unpacking IPy Downloading IPy-0.75.tar.gz Running setup.py egg_info for package IPy Installing collected packages: IPy Running setup.py install for IPy Exception: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pip-1.1-py2.7.egg/pip/basecommand.py", line 104, in main status = self.run(options, args) File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pip-1.1-py2.7.egg/pip/commands/install.py", line 250, in run requirement_set.install(install_options, global_options) File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pip-1.1-py2.7.egg/pip/req.py", line 1133, in install requirement.install(install_options, global_options) File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pip-1.1-py2.7.egg/pip/req.py", line 604, in install f = open(os.path.join(egg_info_dir, 'installed-files.txt'), 'w') IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'mypython/lib/python2.7/site-packages/IPy-0.75-py2.7.egg-info/installed-files.txt' ``` Also this question indicate it should be working, so what is wrong here?