conda build with binstar dependencies

[jan.gerr...@gmail.com]

Hi,

I got a question on the build framework. Say I want to build a package which depends on some other packages that are only available through binstar. Is it possible to put a direct link to that binstar package into the meta.yaml?
This is so that other people can install this package without having to add all the dependency channels of binstar to their conda config. Or is there another way to solve this? I hope it is clear what I am trying to do here ;).

Kind regards,
Jan Harms

[Aaron Meurer]

There's no way to do this within conda (currently). One way would be
to add the package to your own binstar channel. Maybe binstar can
provide a more unified way to do this (or already does).

Aaron Meurer

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[Bradley Kreider]

Hi Jan,

I’m not sure if the feature is out of alpha, but there is a feature called “collections” which allows you to pull in packages from other binstar channels (syncing from those other channels). Then you can point users at your collection instead of your channel. It’s a point in time snapshot. We are still working on some issues around it, but that is the kind of feature you need to provide a stable set of packages needed for installing your package.

Bradley Kreider

[Bas]

Sorry to respond on such an old thread, but I'm having the same issue.

Is there now a good way to do it? And how?

Best, Bas Nijholt

[Lori Burns]

Aaron's suggestion of forking the target binstar package onto your own binstar acct worked well for me in this situation. Then your users need only subscribe to your channel to get what you've selected to be the right versions of others' conda packages. Here's more explicit syntax copied from https://conda.binstar.org/

miniconda/bin/anaconda copy asmeurer/gsl/1.16/linux-64/gsl-1.16-1.tar.bz2