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gps1539

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Best method to add a python package as a dependancy to AUR package

I want to add some functionality to my stock_quote package by adding a python module (yahoo-finance) and I do not see an existing package for yahoo-finance.

Is the preferred method to create an AUR package for yahoo-finance and add it as a dependency or is there a way I can call "pip install yahoo-finance" in my PKGBUILD file?

If the former is preferred, does anyone have examples of how to package a python package for arch.

Sorry if this is noob question.

mcmillan

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Re: Best method to add a python package as a dependancy to AUR package

Best to install as a package
Here's the biopython PKGBUILD as an example https://git.archlinux.org/svntogit/comm … -biopython

gps1539

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Re: Best method to add a python package as a dependancy to AUR package

Thanks, but yikes. That seems more complex than writing a new function (which defeats the purpose of OOP). Is there an easier way?

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Re: Best method to add a python package as a dependancy to AUR package

Thanks, but yikes. That seems more complex than writing a new function (which defeats the purpose of OOP). Is there an easier way?

You're conflating the issue of writing your python program and the issue of packaging it. Your python code can just import the module (and if you're putting it on pypi you'll need to include dependency information there).

Packaging for Arch is what the above link is about. Not coding or development.

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gps1539

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From: Los Gatos, CA

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Re: Best method to add a python package as a dependancy to AUR package

Thanks, but yikes. That seems more complex than writing a new function (which defeats the purpose of OOP). Is there an easier way?

You're conflating the issue of writing your python program and the issue of packaging it. Your python code can just import the module (and if you're putting it on pypi you'll need to include dependency information there).

Packaging for Arch is what the above link is about. Not coding or development.

Sure python can import the module, but the module has to be installed on the OS 1st.
My code uses numpy and a few others that I import, these have arch packages that I list as dependencies. Alas yahoo-finance is not available for arch and I was hoping to use that to add a feature.

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Re: Best method to add a python package as a dependancy to AUR package

So you package it, upload it to the AUR, and add it to the depends array of your package. The benefit of doing this is that the next person who writes a python script that wants to use yahoo-finance doesn't have the same dilemma, and neither of you have to reinvent the wheel.

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