If you want to install packages from a source different from PyPI, (say, if

your packages are *proprietary*), you can do it by hosting a simple http server,

running from the directory which holds those packages which need to be installed.

**Showing an example is always benificial**

Say if you are after installing a package called MyPackage.tar.gz, and assuming this is your directory structure

- archive

- MyPackage

- MyPackage.tar.gz

Go to your command prompt and type:

::

$ cd archive

$ python -m SimpleHTTPServer 9000

This runs a simple http server running on port 9000 and will list down all packages(like **MyPackage**). Now you can install **MyPackage** using any python package installer. Using Pip, you would do it like:

::

$ pip install --extra-index-url=http://127.0.0.1:9000/ MyPackage

Remember! having a folder with the same name as the package name is **crucia** here.

I got fooled by that, one time. But if you feel that creating a folder called

**MyPackag** and keeping **MyPackage.tar.gz** inside that, is *reduntant*, you can still install MyPackage using:

::

$ pip install http://127.0.0.1:9000/MyPackage.tar.gz