Question: How to install local python package?

[mkleinbort-ic]

Hi, just struggling with the uv pip install syntax...

I have a folder called src/ with a sub folder projectlib which itself contains a bunch of .py files and folders of .py files

The directory structure is more or less:

PROJECT-SOME-RANDOM-NAME/
   |-> pyproject.toml
   |-> notebooks/...
   └-> src/
         |-> projectlib/
         |    |-> __init__.py
         |    |-> data_loading.py
         |    |-> models/...
         |    |-> features.py
         |    └-> analysis/...
         |
         └> otherlib/...

Then in a bunch of jupyter notebooks and scripts I simply import things as

from projectlib.data_loading import get_users_from_db

So far I've been installing this via

python -m pip install --user .

ran on the top level folder PROJECT-SOME-RANDOM-NAME (outside src)

But looking to move to uv (for the obvious reasons)

I see I can install all the dependencies described in pyproject.toml using

python -m uv pip install --system --prerelease=allow -r pyproject.toml

But not clear on how I can install the projectlib/ folder (and maybe also otherlib/)

[zanieb]

Hi! You're looking for uv pip install -e . or uv pip install "your-project@."

See #313 for some more details on the second syntax.

[mkleinbort-ic]

Yes, that worked.

[mkleinbort-ic]

Ok, just in case someone comes across this issue...

I had the problem that when I modified projectlib some changes would not be applied. Meaning that after running

python -m uv pip install --system -e .

I was still loading the previous version installed with python -m pip install .

The issue was that at some point pip had installed projectlib in ~/AppData/Roaming/Python/Python310/site-packages/

Deleting that folder fixed my issue - it had nothing to do with uv

[charliermarsh]

This is supported as of v0.1.24. You can uv pip install . directly, without including a package name.