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pipenv option to mimic pip -f option

In pip there is an -f option which does the following:

-f, --find-links : If a url or path to an html file, then parse for links to archives. If a local path or file:// url that's a directory, then look for archives in the directory listing.

This is the preferred way of installing PyTorch, by setting the link to their overview website, e.g.:

pip3 install torch===1.3.0 -f https://download.pytorch.org/whl/torch_stable.html

For my virtual environments I use pipenv but I haven't found an option that does the same as -f. In the meantime, I can just look up the direct link to the package that is relevant for my system, but that is cumbersome.

Does pipenv provide a way to do the same thing as pip's -f?

Solution

  • For now, I haven't found a work-around. What you can do, of course, is enabling the pipenv shell and doing what you must with pip, e.g.

    pipenv shell
python -m pip install torch===1.3.0 -f https://download.pytorch.org/whl/torch_stable.html

    This will install torch in the pipenv environment but torch will not be added to the Pipfile (nor to the lock file).