Is there any other way to install Haystack besides using 'pip install'

[mc112611]

The thing is, I want to modify Haystack's code to achieve the functionality I need. And I want to install the modified Haystack to other environments or computers. How can I package the Haystack library that has been modified with code?

By the way, sometimes I need to deploy in an internal network environment and cannot use Git clone. Therefore, if I repeatedly deploy Haystack after modifying the source code, I need to constantly 'pip install Haystack' and then modify the code. I think I need a way to repackage the modified Hastack code and install it using pip on another device. Do you have any good tutorials or methods

thanks

[ZanSara]

Hey @mc112611, this is rather a Python question than a question regarding Haystack, so I suggest you check a tutorial about how to manage editable installations with pip.

The key is the -e flag, that lets you install local folders. For example, if you have a folder called my_haystack/ with the code you want to use, you can do pip install -e ./my_haystack, and when you modify the files inside the folder, the package will stay up-to-date.