Installing from source fails - wrong url?

[alanfranz]

I was trying an install from source following the instructions at:

https://virtualenv.pypa.io/en/stable/installation/

In order to fetch the latest version, which is 15.0.3 right now, I tried

curl -O https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/v/virtualenv/virtualenv-15.0.3.tar.gz

I tried 15.0 as well (it's not clear from the Xs in the doc... I'd expect virtualenv-X.Y.Z.tar.gz, while there're just two placeholder variables) but it doesn't work; the curl call returns an HTTP 404 and the body is something like

<Error><Code>NoSuchKey</Code><Message>The specified key does not exist.</Message><Key>source/v/virtualenv/virtualenv-15.0.3.tar.gz</Key><RequestId>C8068134D8A383F3</RequestId><HostId>zTEj1DIVdQTA1KIdaFnGcgN1La6F64Zgb8ARDKKUl9GXRIvWUZRQ3cG10IUCOpxJcSjqw0n6zqY=</HostId></Error>

of course I can pick the file from pypi; but I suggest you update the docs.

Thanks.

[Ivoz]

@dstufft is there a correct alias for retrieving project distributions still? Or you always need to find the randomized link from the pypi page / /simple/virtualenv/ now?

[dstufft]

curl -O https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/source/v/virtualenv/virtualenv-15.0.3.tar.gz

[Ivoz]

I never knew of files.pythonhosted.org; I thought the pythonhosted.org domain was being deprecated for use (e.g for documentation). Is there documentation of its use / availability / API somewhere I've missed?

[alanfranz]

Any update from this? The doc is still wrong, and more than one year has passed. @Ivoz @dstufft ?

[alanfranz]

Please note: I'm not saying that you should fix pypi. Maybe just removing the URL from the doc is fine.

[alanfranz]

Hello @Ivoz @dstufft this is still an issue after TWO years; New job, new workstation, I'm trying to install virtualenv from source (because of multiple python versions on the system).

As I said, I don't think it's vital to fix that. But, at least fix the misleading docs :-)

Thanks!

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[alanfranz]

As far as I can see, this was actually fixed.