Python setuptools install as editable

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I am packaging a python app with setuptools, typically running python setup.py install And it packages everything into an egg and installs it.

The problem is I want it to be installed as editable, so I can go into site-packages and make changes to the app source code. I haven't yet found out how to do it yet.

On my previous work environment, running python setup.py install would copy the source folder to the site-packages, but this time it doesn't do it.

I managed to do it by running pip install -e ./ inside the app project folder, and I think this is better approach because it links back to the development folder. But I would still like to find out how to do it by running python setup.py install — James Lin
– James Lin, Commented Nov 20, 2013 at 22:26

Bula · Accepted Answer · 2014-05-26 07:38:00Z

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You can try:

python setup.py develop

like described here.

answered May 26, 2014 at 7:38

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