From c154b90f73c66737a4e933c9b57b372c04b0e7ed Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Brandon Rozek Date: Sat, 11 Apr 2020 20:30:07 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Updated to newer technique --- content/blog/pipeditable.md | 31 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ content/blog/pythonsetupdevelop.md | 1 + 2 files changed, 32 insertions(+) create mode 100644 content/blog/pipeditable.md diff --git a/content/blog/pipeditable.md b/content/blog/pipeditable.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..dd58739 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/blog/pipeditable.md @@ -0,0 +1,31 @@ +--- +title: "Pip Editable" +date: 2020-04-11T20:27:35-04:00 +draft: true +tags: ["python"] +--- + +I've found it to be incredibly helpful to emulate having a library installed on my system rather than depending on my local directory path to pick up my file edits. To do this in a python project, we need to add the `--editable` flag to a pip install. + +First uninstall whatever version of your `library` you have. +```bash +pip uninstall library +``` + +Then in your folder with the `setup.py` run the following command +```bash +pip install --editable . +``` + +This will then create a symlink from your site-packages directory to the directory in which your code lives. + +Once you're ready to install it formally, +```bash +pip uninstall library +pip install . +``` + +Distribute it, +```bash +pip wheel . +``` \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/content/blog/pythonsetupdevelop.md b/content/blog/pythonsetupdevelop.md index 4e8e26b..5115dc8 100644 --- a/content/blog/pythonsetupdevelop.md +++ b/content/blog/pythonsetupdevelop.md @@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ date: 2020-02-21T22:42:55-05:00 draft: false tags: [ "python" ] --- +**Deprecated in favor of [pip install editable](https://brandonrozek.com/blog/pipeditable)** I've found it to be incredibly helpful to emulate having a library installed on my system rather than depending on my local directory path to pick up my file edits. To do this in a python project where you've defined a `setup.py`, you can specify the command `develop`.