Guides

Guides are focused on accomplishing a specific task and assume that you are already familiar with the basics of Python packaging. If you’re looking for an introduction to packaging, see Tutorials.

Installing Packages:

• Installing packages using pip and virtual environments
• Installing stand alone command line tools
• Installing pip/setuptools/wheel with Linux Package Managers
• Installing scientific packages
• Package index mirrors and caches
• Hosting your own simple repository

Building and Publishing Projects:

• Packaging and distributing projects
• Including files in source distributions with MANIFEST.in
• Single-sourcing the package version
• Dropping support for older Python versions
• Packaging binary extensions
• Packaging namespace packages
• Creating and discovering plugins
• Using TestPyPI
• Making a PyPI-friendly README
• Publishing package distribution releases using GitHub Actions CI/CD workflows

Miscellaneous:

• Tool recommendations
• Analyzing PyPI package downloads