Packaging Python

Every Python scripts which is more complex than a single file or depends on external libraries will not be trivial to install by an end user.

More complex installation is also boring and tiresome, particularly if it has a number of dependencies, needs multiple steps and has to be repeated a few times.

Ideally if dependencies were resolved automatically, even better if there was a centralized repository with it and its dependencies.

Preparing a package and distributing any Python’s utility requires an extra effort but it pays off quickly by the easiness of the package installation.

1. SetupTools:
   • Building and Distributing Packages with SetupTools
   • PPU Packaging and distributing projects
2. Python Packaging Guide
3. Kenneth Reitz Packaging Guide
   • Pipenv
   • Pipenv: The Future of Python Dependency Management, PyCon2018
4. pip-tools
   • Pin Your Packages
   • Better Package Management
5. Bill Mills Package Lesson
6. The Hitchhikers’s Guide to Packaging
7. Real Python
8. Twine:
   • Twine ReadTheDocs
   • Twine Man Page

Examples

1. Uploading to PyPI