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Can you install external packages through the canopy gui?

Is it possible to install external packages from the canopy gui?

I can easily do this at the CLI, e.g.: pip install --upgrade https://github.com/jkitchin/pycse/archive/master.zip

but I am going to be teaching a class of 50+ students this fall using canopy, and I would really like it if I could have them do this through canopy.

Any thoughts? Thanks,

Solution

  • It turns out you can do this through the ipython console by prefixing with a !:

    !pip install --upgrade https://github.com/jkitchin/pycse/archive/master.zip

    Thanks Robert Kern from Enthought for the tip!