Python - manually install package using virtualenv

Question

I have a python program I want to install into my virtualenv - it\'s a zip package that I need to unzip and then run a setup.py program - but my question is more regarding h

Answer 1

I typically would extract the program to a temporary folder, then from that folder, run the setup.py using the direct path to the virtualenv python instance. eg if your virtualenv is in /home/username/virtualpy, use this (from your temporary folder)

/home/username/virtualpy/bin/python setup.py install

This should install it to your virtualenv site package folder.