Trying to install a Python package from Github

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Trying to run the following:

(venv)MacBook-Pro:my_project_folder gbha$ sudo install git://github.com/venthur/python-ardrone.git
usage: install [-bCcpSsv] [-B suffix] [-f flags] [-g group] [-m mode]
           [-o owner] file1 file2
   install [-bCcpSsv] [-B suffix] [-f flags] [-g group] [-m mode]
           [-o owner] file1 ... fileN directory
   install -d [-v] [-g group] [-m mode] [-o owner] directory ...

I keep getting this message and am pretty sure it's stopping python-ardrone library from installing since I can't import the appropriate class from the file afterwards.

Clone the repo: git clone git://github.com/venthur/python-ardrone.git and then follow the instructions on the github page: github.com/venthur/python-ardrone — economy
– economy, Commented Dec 4, 2015 at 0:53
I've never seen install used in that fashion. Would recommend either git clone ... or pip install git+https://yoururl.... — brock
– brock, Commented Dec 4, 2015 at 0:53
pip install won't work because there's no setup.py in that project. OP will have to read the instructions after import — economy
– economy, Commented Dec 4, 2015 at 0:54

mehdy · Accepted Answer · 2015-12-04 01:09:42Z

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you are using install command which is not a command used for installing python packages.

you should use pip install git+https://github.com/venthur/python-ardrone

answered Dec 4, 2015 at 1:09

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mehdy Over a year ago

so you can't install it by pip! you should clone it by git and use the packages manually or write a little setup.py for it

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