setup.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3

""" To install this package, change to the directory of this file and run

    pip3 install --user .

(the ``--user`` flag installs the package for your user account only, otherwise
you will need administrator rights).
"""

from __future__ import annotations

# std
import site
import sys
from pathlib import Path

# noinspection PyUnresolvedReferences
import setuptools

# Sometimes editable install fails with an error message about user site
# being not writeable. The following line can fix that, see
# https://github.com/pypa/pip/issues/7953
site.ENABLE_USER_SITE = "--user" in sys.argv[1:]

this_dir = Path(__file__).resolve().parent

setuptools.setup(
    install_requires=[
        req.strip()
        for req in (this_dir / "requirements.txt").read_text().splitlines()
        if req.strip() and not req.startswith("#")
    ]
)