Install non-conda packages

[rob-luke]

Is there a way to install non conda packages?

On OSX I would usually run pip2 install -e 'git+https://github.com/mne-tools/mne-python#egg=mne-dev'. But I would like to use your package to standardise across operating systems.

I have installed the requirements using

Conda.add("NumPy")
Conda.add("SciPy")
Conda.add("matplotlib")

But the following line fails

Conda.add("git+https://github.com/mne-tools/mne-python#egg=mne-dev")

Thanks

[Luthaf]

You need to call pip to do that. So what should work is

Conda.add("pip")
pip = joinpath(Conda.BINDIR, "pip")
run(`$pip install -e git+https://github.com/mne-tools/mne-python#egg=mne-dev`)

On windows is might be

pip = joinpath(Conda.SCRIPTDIR, "pip")
# On UNIX, Conda.SCRIPTDIR == Conda.BINDIR

[rob-luke]

Thanks, The commands ran successfully.

Unfortunetly it has installed to my local python installation . The final output to the run(pip...) command is

 Installing mne script to C:\Python27\Scripts
 Installed c:\users\rluke\appdata\local\julia-0.4.3\src\mne

Running @pyimport mne as mne fails in julia. But running import mne as mne in my local python install works.

Is this a problem of having python already on my system? Or is it part of the egg install system (I dont use python much)?

[Luthaf]

There was a typo in my first comment (and thus in the email notification). Did you actually ran run($pip ...) or run(pip ...)? The missing $ character was my typo.

[rob-luke]

Fantastic! Worked a treat. Great package. Thanks for the support.

[Sinansi]

I am trying to install a library that can only be installed using pip command.
I got an error saying "ERROR: UndefVarError: pip not defined".
I thought it is bug until I saw Luthaf comment.

@oxinabox Could you please mention on the library home page that we need to add pip before using it?

[Sinansi]

I installed pip and it appears under Conda.list(), but the problem still persist.

julia> Conda.pip("install", "ta")
ERROR: UndefVarError: pip not defined