How to Install a Private Package from GitHub Or BitBucket

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In this tutorial you can find how to install a private package with pip from GitHub Or BitBucket.

Install a Private Package from GitHub

To install private package on GitHub you need to use the next syntax: pip install git+repo:

Example for

pip install git+ssh://git@bitbucket.org/username/projectname.git

or with example public project

pip install git+https://github.com/softhints/python.git

For private repositories this will trigger a token prompt or some other authentication method.

The authenticity of host 'github.com (ip)' can't be established.

You may face also warning message like:

The authenticity of host 'github.com (ip)' can't be established.
RSA key fingerprint is SHA256:nThbg6kXUpJWGl7E1IGOCspRomTxdCARLviKw6E5SY8.
Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no)?

You will need to verify the fingerprint - GitHub's SSH key fingerprints and if the match you can answer - Yes.

You can find listed all the public tests from GitHub:

  • SHA256:nThbg6kXUpJWGl7E1IGOCspRomTxdCARLviKw6E5SY8 (RSA)

and the corresponding dates.

Install a Private Package from BitBucket

To install private package from BitBucket you can use the next syntax:

pip install git+ssh:repo

or

pip install git+ssh://git@bitbucket.org/username/projectname.git

Pip will try to use your SSH keys in this case. If they are missing you will be prompted to enter them or you will get an error.