Build a wheel/egg and all dependencies for a python project

Question

In order to stage python project within our corporation I need to make an installable distribution.

This should include:

• An egg or whl for my project<

Answer 1

With the latest pip and wheel, you can simply run

pip wheel .

within your project folder, even if your application isn't on PyPi. All wheels will be stored in the current directory (.).

To change the output directory (to for example, ./wheels), you may use the -w / --wheel-dir option:

pip wheel . -w wheels

All the options available are listed at the pip documentation.