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List:       python-distutils-sig
Subject:    Re: [Distutils] Download-only then build/install on no-net sandbox?
From:       "Phillip J. Eby" <pje () telecommunity ! com>
Date:       2007-12-03 14:25:15
Message-ID: 20071203142530.559393A40FF () sparrow ! telecommunity ! com
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At 04:26 PM 12/3/2007 +1300, Beau Butler wrote:
>Hi People I'm hoping someone can answer what I think is a quite simple
>question,
>
>In short:, how do I tell easy_install i just want it to download an
>egg, then compile/install it later? I know how to download/compile,
>then install later, but not the other way around?

Use the -e (--editable) option.  Specifically, use "-eb somedir 
ProjectName" to get a 'somedir/projectname' directory containing the 
source of the named project.  You can then tar that up.

Note that the directory name under somedir will always be *lower 
case*, and it must not exist beforehand.  ("somedir" must exist, though.)

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