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Pavithran Ravichandiran
Pavithran Ravichandiran

Reputation: 1889

How to create alias for python package (specifically KERAS)

Is there some kind of workaround to create alias for python package..

What I want to do is to create an alias such that 

from keras import LSTM

and the following code are same.

from albatross import LSTM

NOTE: I tried installing Keras from the github repo by modifying the name of the package in setup.py, but it is of no use.

Is there any way to do this in python (3) ?

EDIT: I'm not interested in the following way, as I don't want keras to be specified anywhere in the program code

import keras as albatross

Upvotes: 1

Views: 260

Answers (1)

Right leg
Right leg

Reputation: 16730

If you're using a UNIX system, then a link will do what you want. Suppose you want to import the keras module, but with the name albatross. You can first find where the keras module is installed, by importing it and looking at its file attribute:

$ python
>>> import keras
Using TensorFlow backend.
>>> keras.__file__
'/home/<username>/.local/lib/python3.5/site-packages/keras/__init__.py'

Now, you can create a symbolic link to the keras/ directory, right next to it:

$ cd /home/<username>/.local/lib/python3.5site-packages
$ ln -s keras albatross

You'll find yourself with a link named albatross, pointing to the keras directory. Now, importing albatross will work, system-wide, and will effectively import keras:

$ python
>>> import albatross
Using TensorFlow backend.

Upvotes: 2

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