[SOLVED] Moving Python venv to another machine without internet

Issue

I am trying to deploy a Python project to a machine with no internet. Because it has no internet, I cannot pip install any packages with a requirements.txt file. I am wondering if it is possible to move my existing environment with all installed packages into another machine with all packages pre-installed.

I can also use attempt to use Docker for this installation. Would I be able to pre-install all the packages within a Docker container and then copy all the files onto another VM?

Solution

On you local machine (adapt the instructions if you are on Windows)

1. Create your requirements.txt file

(venv) [...]$ mkdir pkgs
(venv) [...]$ cd pkgs
(venv) [...]$ pip freeze > requirements.txt
(venv) [...]$ pip download -r requirements.txt

2. Download pip archive from here

3. Copy pkgs folder to the remote machine

On the remote machine:

4. Install pip from archive

(venv) [...]$ cd pkgs
# --- unarchive pip.tar.gz ---
(venv) [...]$ python setup.py install

5. Install packages

(venv) [...]$ pip install --no-index --find-links . -r requirements.txt

Answered By - Corralien

Answer Checked By - Robin (WPSolving Admin)