title: Install package from github into Spyder
body: <p>I have been trying to install and import the <code>mpl_finance</code> package, from github,  on my Spyder environment with no success.</p>
  
  <p>I have tried:</p>
  
  <pre><code>pip install -e \ git+https://github.com/matplotlib/mpl_finance.git
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>But getting: </p>
  
  <pre><code>Directory '\\' is not installable. File 'setup.py' not found.
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I do not understand the error. Am I not specifying something? I also tried below with no sucess.</p>
  
  <pre><code>!pip install -e \ git+https://github.com/matplotlib/mpl_finance.git#eggs=matplotlib
  
  pip install -e \ git+https://github.com/matplotlib/mpl_finance
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>The package is located <a href="https://github.com/matplotlib/mpl_finance" rel="nofollow noreferrer">here</a>. </p>