virtualenv, python and subversion

Question

I'm trying to use the python subversion SWIG libraries in a virtualenv --no-site-packages environment. How can I make this work?

Answer 1

This blog post answers my question nicely. http://codersbuffet.blogspot.com/2009/09/mercurial-subversion-and-virtualenv.html

Answer 2

According to Maciek Sawicki answer:

. ap/bin/activate
(ap) $ pip install http://pysvn.barrys-emacs.org/source_kits/pysvn-1.7.6.tar.gz

Answer 3

You can install it inside virtualenv from svn:

source /home/you/venv/python/bin/activate
pip install -e svn+http://pysvn.tigris.org/svn/pysvn/tags/pysvn/Extension/1.7.6/#egg=pysvn