Can we work offline using setuptools_scm_git_archive? <p>I've added <code>setuptools_scm_git_archive</code> like describe in the doc [1]::</p> <pre><code>setup(name='Mypkg', use_scm_version=True, setup_requires=['setuptools_scm', 'setuptools_scm_git_archive'], ... </code></pre> <p>When I'm online, on every <code>python setup.py install</code> it download all the stuff, that work well::</p> <pre><code>$ python setup.py install ... Installed /home/luis/lab/sandbox/Mypkg/.eggs/setuptools_scm_git_archive-0-py2.7.egg Searching for setuptools_scm Reading https://pypi.python.org/simple/setuptools_scm/ Best match: setuptools-scm 1.11.1 Downloading https://pypi.python.org/packages/84/aa/c693b5d41da513fed3f0ee27f1bf02a303caa75bbdfa5c8cc233a1d778c4/setuptools_scm-1.11.1.tar.gz#md5=4d19b2bc9580016d991f665ac20e2e8f Processing setuptools_scm-1.11.1.tar.gz Writing /tmp/easy_install-F5YD2D/setuptools_scm-1.11.1/setup.cfg Running setuptools_scm-1.11.1/setup.py -q bdist_egg --dist-dir /tmp/easy_install-F5YD2D/setuptools_scm-1.11.1/egg-dist-tmp-Cixhzl Moving setuptools_scm-1.11.1-py2.7.egg to /home/luis/lab/sandbox/Mypkg/.eggs Installed /home/luis/lab/sandbox/Mypkg/.eggs/setuptools_scm-1.11.1-py2.7.egg running install running bdist_egg running egg_info ... </code></pre> <p>Offline I get this::</p> <pre><code>$ python setup.py install Download error on https://pypi.python.org/simple/setuptools_scm_git_archive/: [Errno -2] Name or service not known -- Some packages may not be found! Download error on https://pypi.python.org/simple/setuptools-scm-git-archive/: [Errno -2] Name or service not known -- Some packages may not be found! Couldn't find index page for 'setuptools_scm_git_archive' (maybe misspelled?) Download error on https://pypi.python.org/simple/: [Errno -2] Name or service not known -- Some packages may not be found! No local packages or download links found for setuptools_scm_git_archive Traceback (most recent call last): File "setup.py", line 149, in &lt;module&gt; scripts=scripts) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/distutils/core.py", line 111, in setup _setup_distribution = dist = klass(attrs) File "/home/luis/venv/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/setuptools/dist.py", line 269, in __init__ self.fetch_build_eggs(attrs['setup_requires']) File "/home/luis/venv/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/setuptools/dist.py", line 313, in fetch_build_eggs replace_conflicting=True, File "/home/luis/venv/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 826, in resolve dist = best[req.key] = env.best_match(req, ws, installer) File "/home/luis/venv/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 1092, in best_match return self.obtain(req, installer) File "/home/luis/venv/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 1104, in obtain return installer(requirement) File "/home/luis/venv/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/setuptools/dist.py", line 380, in fetch_build_egg return cmd.easy_install(req) File "/home/luis/venv/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/setuptools/command/easy_install.py", line 634, in easy_install raise DistutilsError(msg) distutils.errors.DistutilsError: Could not find suitable distribution for Requirement.parse('setuptools_scm_git_archive') $ </code></pre> <p>Does that mean that we NEED to be online to use <code>setuptools_scm_git_archive</code> ?</p> <p>[1] <a href="https://pypi.python.org/pypi/setuptools_scm_git_archive/0.1" rel="nofollow">https://pypi.python.org/pypi/setuptools_scm_git_archive/0.1</a></p>