How to download a module from Github

Question

I am new to python and I am having trouble downloading a module from GitHub: https://github.com/petercerno/good-morning

I have looked online for solutions, but each solution I try does not work. I have tried:

pip install https://github.com/petercerno/good-morning.git

I get an error that says, "Cannot unpack file" & "Cannot determine archive format." I have no idea why I am getting this error.

the answer depends on what you're going to do with the downloaded code. Are you going to import this code, or run static analysis, or get some git metadata? — Marat, May 26 '17 at 17:08
pip will not install from this repo because it is not a proper module (i.e. it doesn't have `setup.py` and other stuffs) — Marat, May 26 '17 at 17:09
If you tried `pip install`, can we assume you want to USE the module in your python installation? — Alfabravo, May 26 '17 at 17:10
so, if it had the setup.py it would of worked with the code I tried? — vdub32, May 26 '17 at 17:45

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered May 26 '17 at 17:13

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Just save good_download.py and good_morning.py to the same directory as your Python script, and then import them:

import good_morning
import good_download
# do stuff!

answered May 26 '17 at 17:13

miken32

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