Add numpy.get_include() argument to setuptools without preinstalled numpy

Question

I am currently developing a python package that uses cython and numpy and I want the package to be installable using the pip install c

Answer 1

I found a very easy solution in this post:

Or you can stick to https://github.com/pypa/pip/issues/5761. Here you install cython and numpy using setuptools.dist before actual setup:

from setuptools import dist
dist.Distribution().fetch_build_eggs(['Cython>=0.15.1', 'numpy>=1.10'])

Works well for me!