Dependency management in Python?

Rodrick Brown rodrick.brown at gmail.com
Fri Jan 11 17:34:40 EST 2013


On Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 5:23 PM, Adelbert Chang <adelbertc at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I've been using Python for a while now but one of my concerns is if it is
> possible to have some sort of dependency management (not sure if right
> term) for Python?
>
> In the Scala language there is the Simple Build Tool that lets me specify
> on a project-by-project basis which libraries I want to use (provided they
> are in a central repository somewhere) and it will download them for me.
> Better yet, when a new version comes out I need only change the SBT
> configuration file for that project and it will download it for me.
>
> Is there something like this for Python. I am typically wary of
> downloading Python modules I use like NumPy, SciPy, NetworkX, etc because I
> want to be able to upgrade at any time and doing so seems to be a hassle -
> in fact, I am not entirely sure how to "upgrade".
>
>
Checkout PIP/setuptools and virtualenv



> Thank you and regards,
> -Adelbert
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