Use package from Github in Conda Virtual Environment

Question

Setup

• Conda virtual environment
• Coding in a Jupyter notebook
• Python version 3.6

I have Googled, searched through the Conda help, github help on this site as wel as found closely relevant questions, that just don't answer mine:

• Conda install package from github including requirements.txt
• Conda: installing local development package into single conda environment

That first one comes close though.

Basically my question comes down to:

For my code to work i need to import this repo: https://github.com/nicocanali/airtable-python

How can I get this to be used in my Jupyter Notebook?

I'll need to add it to my virtual environment. But how?

Answer 1

I ended up doing the following:

1. Install git in the virtual environment: (conda install git)
2. Clone the project. (git clone [URL])
3. Install the package (cd to package directory that contains setup.py.
4. Then run "python setup.py install").

Found the answer in the first part in this video: How to Install Python Package from GitHub

Answer 2

Found a simple solution here:

https://medium.com/i-want-to-be-the-very-best/installing-packages-from-github-with-conda-commands-ebf10de396f4

For example, to install the package located at https://github.com/Netflix/metaflow, navigate to your desired environment in the Anaconda prompt, activate the environment, and then execute the following commands:

conda install git
conda install pip
pip install git+git://github.com/Netflix/metaflow.git

(Note that the git package is available in Anaconda Navigator, so can be installed from there instead of from the Anaconda prompt.)

Answer 3

To install https://github.com/nicocanali/airtable-python to your jupyter.

Download the .zip of the repo from the github website.

To install it in jupyter enter the following command from the anaconda console.

pip install [path_to_.zip_file_on_pc]

Works on any github file