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{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"Distribute as a Python Pip Package?","articleBody":"It would be useful for users to be able to `pip install pcanbasic` so that can use your python library without having to manually install it themselves. I think It would have to:\r\n1.) Install PCANBasic.py into the `site-packages` (pip does this for you if you follow the proper layout)\r\n2.) Install `libPCBUSB.0.10.1.dylib` into a known location, like `/usr/local/lib` then run `ldconfig`. This might be some custom code.\r\n\r\n* [Here's a guide on how to 'package' your python code](https://packaging.python.org/en/latest/tutorials/packaging-projects/)\r\n* [This user is trying to install shared libraries](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/37316177/distribute-a-python-package-with-a-compiled-dynamic-shared-library) too so that might help.\r\n\r\nUsers would then run:\r\n```bash\r\n$ python3 -m pip install pcanbasic\r\n```\r\nThen in their python code they can just `import` it\r\n```python\r\n# import the class PCANBasic from the module named PCANBasic\r\nfrom PCANBasic import PCANBasic\r\n```\r\nAnd it works!\r\n","author":{"url":"https://github.com/emrainey","@type":"Person","name":"emrainey"},"datePublished":"2022-01-07T16:13:49.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":0},"url":"https://github.com/5/PCBUSB-Library/issues/5"}