Magritte is a command with options to fetch python packages from a list of pip urls, including their dependencies, save them to a local cache or upload them to a pypi server.

Usage: magritte (without options it displays this help)

Options: -h or --help : display this help -r or --reset : delete all created files and directories from local cache (in ~/.magritte/) -d or --download : fetch one package only (will also fetch dependent packages) -g or --get : fetch packages listed from text files, in "pip urls" format -s or --save : build requirement file and save packages as tgz archives in ~/.magritte/dists/ -p or --push : build requirement file and push packages to a specified pypi server (defined in ~/.pypirc) --list : list downloaded packages versions --skipped : list packages that were skipped because of errors --verbose: display more messages

Options can be combined, except the get and save (or push) options; the workflow is to reset, get, get again if required, then save (or push).

Created files and directories are under ~/.magritte: dump/ : temp dir for downloaded source directories versions/ : collection of all downloaded source directories dists/ : collection of saved distribution packages in tgz format downloaded_packages.json : list of downloaded packages with their dependencies requirements-in-pip-format.txt : list of versioned packages to use with a local pypi server requirements-in-tgz-format.txt : list of versioned packages to use with a local http server skipped-packages.txt : list of skipped packages; the get command can use it to retry downloading

Dependencies: The magritte command relies on the presence of a ~/.pypirc file defining the uploading server. (See: http://docs.python.org/2/distutils/packageindex.html)

About the local dists directory: The ~/.magritte/dists/ directory can be served with any http server, or used as a local file repository It is not emptied with the reset command, so obsolete or unused packages must be removed manually.