How to run `pip install -e .` programatically

Asked Jun 01 '23 at 23:19

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How can I run equivalent of pip install -e . in python code itself? Or install directly from the egg or setuptools if it's possible.

Currently I can programatically generate the *.egg_info for a project that specifies pyproject.toml or setup.py in this manner:

from setuptools import setup
from setuptools.dist import Distribution

distro: Distribution = setup(script_args=['egg_info'])

Can i extend the above code to run pip install -e . with the generated egg directory? Is that possible?

asked Jun 01 '23 at 23:19

rv.kvetch

the officially recommended way is to use `subprocess` to call the CLI – juanpa.arrivillaga Jun 01 '23 at 23:27
I don't know this library, but you can do what you want in this way. with this method: You import the os library and then call the system function and execute your command code – emanuel Jun 01 '23 at 23:36
@emanuel It's a default library in python. installed automatically with venv – rv.kvetch Jun 02 '23 at 01:59
Were you able to solve your problem? – emanuel Jun 02 '23 at 16:13

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