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diff --git a/docs/reference/packages.rst b/docs/reference/packages.rst index 86b8efaa19..5b5f626d45 100644 --- a/docs/reference/packages.rst +++ b/docs/reference/packages.rst @@ -96,6 +96,18 @@ The ``--target=path``, ``--no-mpy``, and ``--index`` arguments can be set:: $ mpremote mip install --no-mpy pkgname $ mpremote mip install --index https://host/pi pkgname +:term:`mpremote` can also install packages from files stored on the host's local +filesystem:: + + $ mpremote mip install path/to/pkg.py + $ mpremote mip install path/to/app/package.json + $ mpremote mip install \\path\\to\\pkg.py + +This is especially useful for testing packages during development and for +installing packages from local clones of GitHub repositories. Note that URLs in +``package.json`` files must use forward slashes ("/") as directory separators, +even on Windows, so that they are compatible with installing from the web. + Installing packages manually ---------------------------- @@ -116,12 +128,25 @@ To write a "self-hosted" package that can be downloaded by ``mip`` or ``mpremote``, you need a static webserver (or GitHub) to host either a single .py file, or a ``package.json`` file alongside your .py files. -A typical ``package.json`` for an example ``mlx90640`` library looks like:: +An example ``mlx90640`` library hosted on GitHub could be installed with:: + + $ mpremote mip install github:org/micropython-mlx90640 + +The layout for the package on GitHub might look like:: + + https://github.com/org/micropython-mlx90640/ + package.json + mlx90640/ + __init__.py + utils.py + +The ``package.json`` specifies the location of files to be installed and other +dependencies:: { "urls": [ - ["mlx90640/__init__.py", "github:org/micropython-mlx90640/mlx90640/__init__.py"], - ["mlx90640/utils.py", "github:org/micropython-mlx90640/mlx90640/utils.py"] + ["mlx90640/__init__.py", "mlx90640/__init__.py"], + ["mlx90640/utils.py", "mlx90640/utils.py"] ], "deps": [ ["collections-defaultdict", "latest"], @@ -132,9 +157,20 @@ A typical ``package.json`` for an example ``mlx90640`` library looks like:: "version": "0.2" } -This includes two files, hosted at a GitHub repo named -``org/micropython-mlx90640``, which install into the ``mlx90640`` directory on -the device. It depends on ``collections-defaultdict`` and ``os-path`` which will +The ``urls`` list specifies the files to be installed according to:: + + "urls": [ + [destination_path, source_url] + ... + +where ``destination_path`` is the location and name of the file to be installed +on the device and ``source_url`` is the URL of the file to be installed. The +source URL would usually be specified relative to the directory containing the +``package.json`` file, but can also be an absolute URL, eg:: + + ["mlx90640/utils.py", "github:org/micropython-mlx90640/mlx90640/utils.py"] + +The package depends on ``collections-defaultdict`` and ``os-path`` which will be installed automatically from the :term:`micropython-lib`. The third dependency installs the content as defined by the ``package.json`` file of the ``main`` branch of the GitHub repo ``org/micropython-additions``. |