Python equivalent of npm or rubygems?

The pip tool is becoming the standard in equivalent of Ruby’s gems. Like distribute, pip uses the PyPI package repository (by default) for resolving and downloading dependencies. pip can install dependencies from a file listing project dependencies (called requirements.txt by convention): pip install -r requirements.txt You can “freeze” the current packages on the Python path … Read more

Install Gem from Github Branch?

You don’t need to build the gem locally. In your gemfile you can specify a github source with a ref, branch or tag. gem ‘rails’, git: ‘git://github.com/rails/rails.git’, ref: ‘4aded’ gem ‘rails’, git: ‘git://github.com/rails/rails.git’, branch: ‘2-3-stable’ gem ‘rails’, git: ‘git://github.com/rails/rails.git’, tag: ‘v2.3.5’ Then you run bundle install or the short form is just bundle. Read more … Read more