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Pypi Registration and Updating

I have a package that I have registered on Pypi. Recently I made an update and want to increment the version from 0.6.1 -> 0.7.0. Now, if I run python setup.py sdist upload I get an error: Upload failed (401): Incorrect password.

I thought I might have to register it again but get a similar failure:

python setup.py register
...
Server response (401): basic auth failed

It doesn't ask me the normal question when trying to register:

We need to know who you are, so please choose either:
1. use your existing login,
2. register as a new user,
3. have the server generate a new password for you (and email it to you), or
4. quit

I've had no luck with the documentation or any other help online. I expect I don't need to register the package again but I can't figure out how to provide a password so the sdist upload works.

I've read through the following with no success:

http://guide.python-distribute.org/contributing.html

http://guide.python-distribute.org/quickstart.html

https://hynek.me/articles/sharing-your-labor-of-love-pypi-quick-and-dirty/

This was very helpful but still didn't get me to a solution:

http://peterdowns.com/posts/first-time-with-pypi.html

Any suggestions?

Solution

  • Look at ~/.pypirc. If your credentials changed, update them or just delete the file. You'll be asked for your credentials again when you run python setup.py register.