from __future__ import absolute_import import sys # If we are running from a wheel, add the wheel to sys.path # This allows the usage python pip-*.whl/pip install pip-*.whl if __package__ == '': import os # __file__ is pip-*.whl/pip/__main__.py # first dirname call strips of '/__main__.py', second strips off '/pip' # Resulting path is the name of the wheel itself # Add that to sys.path so we can import pip path = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(__file__)) sys.path.insert(0, path) import pip if __name__ == '__main__': sys.exit(pip.main())