How to install python package with a different name using PIP

Question

When installing a new python package with PIP, can I change the package name because there is another package with the same name?

Or, how can I change the existing p

Answer 1

I had this problem with the libraries gmail and pygmail, they both want to install to PYTHONPATH/site-packages/gmail/. Clearly the pygmail package has an issue, it should be installing to pygmail folder, but they haven't made any updates in years.

For an interim solution, I installed one (pygmail), then changed the folder names (gmail-->pygmail, and gmail-v#.dist-info-->pygmail-v#.dist-info), then installed the second one normally. Seems to work, as long as I don't try to update the first package. import gmail and import pygmail work as expected.