Pypi

Pypi.py

import urllib
import tarfile
import shutil
import console
import os

class Installer(object):
	name = None
	version = None
	firstLetter = None
	lowerName = None
	tarfolder = None
	tarname = None
	
	def __init__(self, name, version):
		self.name = name
		self.version = version
		self.firstLetter = name[0]
		self.lowerName = name.lower()
		self.tarfolder = self.name + '-' + self.version
		self.tarname = self.tarfolder + '.tar.gz'

	def install(self):
		try:
			self.download()
			self.extract()
			self.copy()
		except Exception, e:
			print str(e)
		finally:
			self.clean()
		
	def download(self):
		print 'Downloading ' + self.name + ' v' + self.version + '...'
		url = 'http://pypi.python.org/packages/source/' + self.firstLetter + '/' + self.name + '/' + self.tarname
		urllib.urlretrieve(url, self.tarname)
		print 'Download Complete'

	def extract(self):
		print 'Extracting...'
		t = tarfile.open(self.tarname)
		t.extractall()
		print 'Package extracted'
			
	def copy(self):
		# If source is a folder
		if os.path.isdir(self.tarfolder + '/' + self.lowerName):
			if os.path.isdir(self.lowerName):
				print 'Removing old package directory...'
				shutil.rmtree(self.lowerName)
			print 'Installing package directory...'
			shutil.move(self.tarfolder + '/' + self.lowerName, './' + self.lowerName)
			
		# if source is a file
		file = self.lowerName + '.py'
		if os.path.isfile(self.tarfolder + '/' + file):
			if os.path.isfile(file):
				print 'Removing old package file...'
				os.remove(file)
			print 'Installing package file...'
			shutil.move(self.tarfolder + '/' + file, './' + file)
			
	def clean(self):
		print 'Cleaning up...'
		if os.path.isdir(self.tarfolder):
			print 'Removing source directory...'
			shutil.rmtree(self.tarfolder)
		if os.path.isfile(self.tarname):
			print 'Removing source tarball...'
			os.remove(self.tarname)
		print 'Done.'

Should this be updated to use Pythonista's site-packages directory?

Downloading prettytable v2.2.1...
Download Complete
Extracting...
file could not be opened successfully
Cleaning up...
Removing source tarball...
Done.