Steps to publish and install python packages

This post records some useful commands for publishing and installing a Python package.

Publishing a Python package to PyPi

1. Build locally

     python setup.py sdist bdist_wheel
   

   The files are built under directory ./dist

2. Check

   twine check dist/*
   

3. Publish to Test PyPI

   twine upload --repository-url https://test.pypi.org/legacy/ dist/*
   

   to see if everything looks fine.

4. Final publish to PyPI

   twine upload dist/*
   

Installation

1. Install using pip

   pip install molann==1.0.2
   

2. Build and install from source code

   python setup.py sdist
   pip install dist/*.tar.gz --user
   

Useful tutorials

The following tutorials contain many useful information.

1. Packaging Python Projects.
2. Python Packaging User Guide.
3. An excellent tutorial is here.
4. The Sheer Joy of Packaging.