I can't install this repository

Question

I need to install a python package like so:

pip install https://github.com/kivymd/KivyMD/commit/082405ec4ccb9dd454521b266d5ef04d520c703b#diff-9dd6a8b5c5d51f6352fdddd8ac078096584d3db5f51d6d6f0819d1bc897881ec

But when trying I get the error

ERROR: Cannot unpack file C:\Users\lolo\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-unpack-7zvkgwjf\082405ec4ccb9dd454521b266d5ef04d520c703b (downloaded from C:\Users\lolo\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-req-build-sq3hhdbf,
 content-type: text/html; charset=utf-8); cannot detect archive format
ERROR: Cannot determine archive format of C:\Users\lolo\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-req-build-sq3hhdbf

I don't understand this error. Please help

What do you want to install from the page exactly? The HTML page itself? The repository? The page you linked is a commit. Why do you even use pip for this? — Countour-Integral, Feb 14 '21 at 10:46

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 14 '21 at 10:46

You could try installing the archive for the commit rather than the diff between it and another commit. To download a zip for a commit from github, you can use the following URL: https://github.com/{user}/{repo}/archive/{commit}.zip

In your example, you could use pip install https://github.com/kivymd/KivyMD/archive/082405ec4ccb9dd454521b266d5ef04d520c703b.zip to install the package.

I can't install this repository

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