What are the steps taken with pip install in python
- by Lawrence Chernin
I am trying to install a package via pip, but there were missing files from the zip file. So I copy the files and then compile with gcc. But now I cannot continue with the installation by calling pip install because it sees a pre-existing directory and will not proceed.
This is with pip version 1.5.6, but I thought that with earlier versions of pip that it was less fussy about this.
What are the remaining steps to complete the package installation?