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Rizzie
Rizzie

Reputation: 3

How can you make it easy for users to install multiple python modules at once?

I'm currently working on a python project and am trying to allow a user to run a 'setup' type file that will automatically install modules such as pyserial etc. for them very easily. I don't want to give them a text file with info such as:

pip install module_name

and ask them to copy and paste this into terminal. Any suggestions on how I could make the installations tidy and minimalist?

Thanks!

Upvotes: 0

Views: 117

Answers (1)

James Vornhagen
James Vornhagen

Reputation: 182

You can use pip freeze or generate the file yourself.

Examples Generate output suitable for a requirements file.

$ pip freeze
docutils==0.11
Jinja2==2.7.2
MarkupSafe==0.19
Pygments==1.6
Sphinx==1.2.2
Generate a requirements file and then install from it in another environment.

$ env1/bin/pip freeze > requirements.txt # Generate the file
$ env2/bin/pip install -r requirements.txt # Install the requirements

For more info please visit: https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/reference/pip_freeze/

If you are using setup_tools you can also use a requirements file like this: https://packaging.python.org/discussions/install-requires-vs-requirements/

install_requires=[
   'A>=1',
   'B>=2'
]

This should be in your setup.py.

Upvotes: 1

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