Pip install to custom target directory and exclude specific dependencies

Question

I\'m looking for a method to use pip or similiar to install a list of python packages to a custom target directory (ex./mypath/python/pkgs/ ), but also exclude/blacklist

Answer 1

I think this essentially can be achieved in several steps, assuming you're using virtualenv or similar...

• If you first do a normal pip freeze > requirements.txt you'll get all of the transitive dependencies (e.g. not excluding anything.)

• Now edit requirements.txt, remove the packages you want to exclude...

• Finally, in a new environment do pip install -r requirements.txt -t ... --no-deps. Voila: you've installed the dependencies you wanted while excluding specific ones.