title: How to install python packages in a private network
body: <p>I'm an experienced programmer, but very new to python. My company requires us to do development on a private network for some of our projects. There is a pypi index on the private network which can be used to install packages using pip. Recently, while needing to install a package, the pypi index when down and was down for several hours. Although it did come back up eventually, the situation begs the question, how do I install packages (maybe manually without pip) in the absense of an index? I've tried to google this, but came up empty. I'm sure there's a way, but I'm probably not searching for the right phrase. Thanks for any help with.</p>