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Reputation: 6029

Adding json file to MANIFEST.in and installing package results in an error

My package tree looks like this: (with a few more irrelevant files)

- setup.py
- MANIFEST.in
- mydir
  |
  - file.py
  - file.json

setup.py:

from distutils.core import setup

setup(
    name = 'mydir',
    packages = ['mydir'], 
    version = '1.2.2',
    description = 'desc',
    author = 'my name',
    author_email = '[email protected]',
    url = 'https://github.com/myname/mydir', 
    download_url = 'https://github.com/myname/mydir/archive/1.2.2.tar.gz',
    keywords = ['key1', 'key2'],
    classifiers = [],
  )

When the MANIFEST.in file was empty, the json wasn't included in the dist file.
So I've added the json file to the MANIFEST.in so now it contains only:

include mydir/file.json

When I execute the python setup.py sdist command, the auto generated MANIFEST file contains all the necessary files, including file.json.
However, as I try to install my package using pip, I get the following error:

error: can't copy 'file.json': doesn't exist or not a regular file

Upvotes: 2

Views: 4185

Answers (1)

SagiLow
SagiLow

Reputation: 6029

Got it.
Changed setup.py to use from setuptools import setup, find_packages instead of distutils.core
Also added include_package_data = True, to setup.py:

setup(
    ...
    include_package_data = True,
    ...
)

together with the include in the MANIFEST.in, the json file was extracted to the target dir as expected.

Upvotes: 5

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