Managing Packages

Any configuration related to packages is done through the Packages object. Here is an example showing some common operations:

def main(build):
    # it's possible to set the index urls that packages will be installed from:
    build.packages.index_urls = ["http://www.mycompany.com/python_index"]

    # this method installs the package "py.test" with version 2.7.0. It's
    # available in the sandbox as soon as the package is installed.
    build.packages.install("py.test", version="==2.7.0")

    # if you want to a development / editable egg, you can use this function.
    build.packages.install(".", develop=True)

    # if you want to set a specific version of a package to download, you can do so with versions
    build.packages.versions.update({
        "requests": "==2.6.0"
    })

    # this takes effect on all subsequent installations. For example, it will be considered here:
    build.packages.install("requests")

Full API Reference

class uranium.packages.Packages(virtualenv_dir=None)[source]

this is the public API for downloading packages into an environment.

unless otherwise specified, all properties in this class are mutable: updating them will take immediate effect.

index_urls

index urls is a list of the urls that Packages queries when looking for packages.

install(name, version=None, develop=False, upgrade=False, install_options=None)[source]

install is used when installing a python package into the environment.

if version is set, the specified version of the package will be installed. The specified version should be a full PEP 440 version specifier (i.e. “==1.2.0”)

if develop is set to True, the package will be installed as editable: the source in the directory passed will be used when using that package.

if install_options is provided, it should be a list of options, like [“–prefix=/opt/srv”, “–install-lib=/opt/srv/lib”]

uninstall(package_name)[source]

uninstall is used when uninstalling a python package from a environment.

versions

versions is a dictionary object of <package_name, version_spec> pairs.

when a request is made to install a package, it will use the version specified in this dictionary.

  • if the package installation specifies a version, it will override

the version specified here.

# this sets the version to be used in this dictionary to 0.2.3.
packages.install("uranium", version="==0.2.3")

TODO: this will also contain entries to packages installed without a specified version. the version installed will be updated here.