Adding 'install_requires' to setup.py when making a python package
PythonPython Problem Overview
To make a python package, in setup.py, I have the following:
setup(
name='TowelStuff',
version='0.1.0',
author='J. Random Hacker',
author_email='[email protected]',
packages=['towelstuff', 'towelstuff.test'],
scripts=['bin/stowe-towels.py','bin/wash-towels.py'],
url='http://pypi.python.org/pypi/TowelStuff/',
license='LICENSE.txt',
description='Useful towel-related stuff.',
long_description=open('README.txt').read(),
install_requires=[
"Django >= 1.1.1",
"caldav == 0.1.4",
],
)
So I remade that with my own package description and information. When I build it though I get the following warning:
distutils/dist.py:267: UserWarning: Unknown distribution option:
Does install_requires work only on certain versions?
Python Solutions
Solution 1 - Python
You need to be using setuptools instead of distutils.
Near the top of your script, try replacing
from distutils.core import setup
with
from setuptools import setup
Solution 2 - Python
try:
from setuptools import setup
except ImportError:
from distutils.core import setup