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How to force a python wheel to be platform specific when building it?

Here’s the code that I usually look at from uwsgi The basic approach is: setup.py # … try: from wheel.bdist_wheel import bdist_wheel as _bdist_wheel class bdist_wheel(_bdist_wheel): def finalize_options(self): _bdist_wheel.finalize_options(self) self.root_is_pure = False except ImportError: bdist_wheel = None setup( # … cmdclass={‘bdist_wheel’: bdist_wheel}, ) The root_is_pure bit tells the wheel machinery to build a non-purelib (pyX-none-any) … Read more

How may I override the compiler (GCC) flags that setup.py uses by default?

Prepend CFLAGS=”-O0″ before you run setup.py: % CFLAGS=”-O0″ python ./setup.py The -O0 will be appended to CFLAGS while compiling, therefore will override previous -O2 setting. Another way is add -O0 to extra_compile_args in setup.py: moduleA = Extension(‘moduleA’, ….., include_dirs = [‘/usr/include’, ‘/usr/local/include’], extra_compile_args = [“-O0”], ) If you want to remove all default flags, use: … Read more

Difference between ‘python setup.py install’ and ‘pip install’

On the surface, both do the same thing: doing either python setup.py install or pip install <PACKAGE-NAME> will install your python package for you, with a minimum amount of fuss. However, using pip offers some additional advantages that make it much nicer to use. pip will automatically download all dependencies for a package for you. … Read more

Src layout to dispense .src prefix in imports? Activate venv in PyCharm terminal for development installs

Update / Workaround One can follow the steps in this link to mark a folder as a source root. From the link: Source roots the Source root icon contain the actual source files and resources. PyCharm uses the source roots as the starting point for resolving imports This way we don’t have to install It … Read more

Why is python setup.py saying invalid command ‘bdist_wheel’ on Travis CI?

Had to install the wheel package. Everything was up to date but still giving the error. pip install wheel then python setup.py bdist_wheel worked without issues.

Python 3: ImportError “No Module named Setuptools”

Your setup.py file needs setuptools. Some Python packages used to use distutils for distribution, but most now use setuptools, a more complete package. Here is a question about the differences between them. To install setuptools on Debian: sudo apt-get install python3-setuptools For an older version of Python (Python 2.x): sudo apt-get install python-setuptools

python setup.py uninstall

Note: Avoid using python setup.py install use pip install . You need to remove all files manually, and also undo any other stuff that installation did manually. If you don’t know the list of all files, you can reinstall it with the –record option, and take a look at the list this produces. To record … Read more

Post-install script with Python setuptools

Note: The solution below only works when installing a source distribution zip or tarball, or installing in editable mode from a source tree. It will not work when installing from a binary wheel (.whl) This solution is more transparent: You will make a few additions to setup.py and there is no need for an extra … Read more

What is setup.py?

setup.py is a python file, the presence of which is an indication that the module/package you are about to install has likely been packaged and distributed with Distutils, which is the standard for distributing Python Modules. This allows you to easily install Python packages. Often it’s enough to write: $ pip install . pip will … Read more