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Package Update without Internet Access on Host - pythonator - Mar-26-2019
I can't seem to find an answer to the question of how to update packages when I cannot use pip due to no internet access on box. I have been installing new packages from source using the python setup.ph install method with success. But how to I update an existing package using a similar method? If I just install a newer package will it replace the older one or am I going to end up with two versions installed? Or worse?
Thanks.
RE: Package Update without Internet Access on Host - Larz60+ - Mar-26-2019
Quote: have been installing new packages from source using the python setup.ph install methodthink you mean setup.py
You can reinstall new package, which should replace old version.
I would backup old version first, just in case.
RE: Package Update without Internet Access on Host - pythonator - Mar-26-2019
(Mar-26-2019, 08:03 PM)Larz60+ Wrote:Quote: have been installing new packages from source using the python setup.ph install methodthink you mean setup.py
You can reinstall new package, which should replace old version.
I would backup old version first, just in case.
Sorry for the typo... you are correct: setup.py.
Thanks for the info! I'll give it a go.
RE: Package Update without Internet Access on Host - pythonator - Mar-27-2019
Well this didn't work the way we thought. I downloaded and extracted the source for setuptools...
# cd /usr/local/src/setuptools-40.8.0
# /usr/uv/python/bin/python3 setup.py install
It ended up installing it along side the old version....
drwxrwxr-x 2 root root 4096 Feb 18 2015 setuptools-2.1.dist-info_bak
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1045146 Mar 27 13:46 setuptools-40.8.0-py3.4.egg
drwxrwxr-x 5 root root 4096 Feb 18 2015 setuptools_bak
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 30 Mar 27 13:46 setuptools.pth
I had to rename setuptools-2.1.dist-info and setuptools so it would pick up the new version. Then we were good.
Do I need to do anything more than remove those two directories I renamed to remove the old package or is the more I need to do?
Thanks.