I installed a library through pip that only worked with Python2. I modified the source a bit to make it work with Python3, however I would like to repackage my modified version so that I can move it to another PC. How can I do it?
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See any of these references from the docs/stackoverflow:
- An Overview of Packaging for Python
- Packaging Python Products (Tutorial)
- Packaging and Distributing Projects (Guide)
- this minimal example from bgse at StackOverflow
The process essentially consists of:
- creating the package through directory structure and
__init__.py - using
setuptoolsto specify project metadata - installing with
pip - optionally uploading to PyPI with
twine.
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Your package should have a setup.py that come with it
python3 setup.py bdist_wheel
This will create directory called dist containing a python wheel file
ls -l dist\*.whl
Copy that file to the other system and
pip3 install <file_name>.whl
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This assumes that the two platforms are the same, which might not be the case, and the install might fail. A source distribution (`python setup.py sdist`) would be guaranteed to work. – Dustin Ingram Jun 28 '19 at 17:19