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Packages are namespaces which contain multiple packages and modules themselves.

A package is a directory containing a special file called __init__.py (which indicated that the directory contains a python package) and sub-packages and modules. The package name is determined by the name of the directory.

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What is __init__.py for?

What is __init__.py for in a Python source directory?
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Relative imports for the billionth time

I've been here: http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0328/ http://docs.python.org/2/tutorial/modules.html#packages Python packages: relative imports python relative import example code does not work Relative imports in python 2.5 Relative imports in…
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What is setup.py?

What is setup.py and how can it be configured or used?
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How do I import other Python files?

How do I import files in Python? I want to import: a file (e.g. file.py) a folder a file dynamically at runtime, based on user input one specific part of a file (e.g. a single function)
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How do I remove all packages installed by pip?

How do I uninstall all packages installed by pip from my currently activated virtual environment?
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How to write a Python module/package?

I've been making Python scripts for simple tasks at work and never really bothered packaging them for others to use. Now I have been assigned to make a Python wrapper for a REST API. I have absolutely no idea on how to start and I need help. What I…
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Standard way to embed version into Python package?

Is there a standard way to associate version string with a Python package in such way that I could do the following? import foo print(foo.version) I would imagine there's some way to retrieve that data without any extra hardcoding, since…
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"pip install --editable ./" vs "python setup.py develop"

Is there any significant difference between pip install -e /path/to/mypackage and the setuptools variant? python /path/to/mypackage/setup.py develop
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How do I list the files inside a python wheel?

I'm poking around the various options to setup.py for including non-python files, and they're somewhat less than intuitive. I'd like to be able to check the package generated by bdist_wheel to see what's actually in it--not so much to make sure that…
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Using pytest with a src layer

pytest recommends including an additional directory to separate the source code within a project: my_package ├── src # <-- no __init__.py on this layer │   └── my_package │   ├── __init__.py │   └── util_module │   ├──…
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How to write a minimally working pyproject.toml file that can install packages?

Pip supports the pyproject.toml file but so far all practical usage of the new schema requires a 3rd party tool that auto-generates these files (e.g., poetry and pip). Unlike setup.py which is already human-writeable, pyproject.toml is not…
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How to import a module from a different folder?

I have a project which I want to structure like this: myproject ├── api │ ├── __init__.py │ └── api.py ├── backend │ ├── __init__.py │ └── backend.py ├── models │ ├── __init__.py │ └── some_model.py └── __init__.py Now, I want to import…
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How to easily distribute Python software that has Python module dependencies? Frustrations in Python package installation on Unix

My goal is to distribute a Python package that has several other widely used Python packages as dependencies. My package depends on well written, Pypi-indexed packages like pandas, scipy and numpy, and specifies in the setup.py that certain…
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Python: Multiple packages in one repository or one package per repository?

I have a big Python 3.7+ project and I am currently in the process of splitting it into multiple packages that can be installed separately. My initial thought was to have a single Git repository with multiple packages, each with its own setup.py.…
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How do I use a relative path in a Python module when the CWD has changed?

I have a Python module which uses some resources in a subdirectory of the module directory. After searching around on stack overflow and finding related answers, I managed to direct the module to the resources by using something like import…
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