python - Conda: Installing / upgrading directly from github

Question

Can I install/upgrade packages from GitHub using conda?

For example, with pip I can do:

pip install git+git://github.com/scrappy/scrappy@master

to install scrappy directly from the master branch in GitHub. Can I do something equivalent with conda?

If this is not possible, would it make any sense to install pip with conda and manage such local installations with pip?

Answer 1

The answers are outdated. You simply have to conda install pip and git. Then you can use pip normally:

1. Activate your conda environment source activate myenv

2. conda install git pip

3. pip install git+git://github.com/scrappy/scrappy@master