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What is the main difference in installing a python package by pip install and python setup.py install using the file from GitHub repository?

From what I understand right now, I kinda have the feeling that using the second option you will install the repo in some sort of developer mode where you can do changes by directly operating in the files cloned by git repo. Is this correct? I would like to find out a proper explanation of this.

James Arten
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  • Does this answer your question? [Difference between 'python setup.py install' and 'pip install'](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/15724093/difference-between-python-setup-py-install-and-pip-install) – g_uint Jan 12 '22 at 15:14
  • The difference is that question mentions an archive, and this question is about the git/source directory. But I think the archive and git/source directory is interchangeable via a tar operation, so it's pretty similar. – flow2k Aug 09 '22 at 07:25

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