How do I make Pip respect requirements?

Question

If I create a setup.py using requires, Pip doesn\'t install my dependencies.

Here\'s my setup.py:

from distutils.core import setup

setu         


        

Answer 1

The correct spelling is install_requires, not requires; this does require that you use setuptools, not distutils:

from setuptools import setup

setup(name='my_project',
      description="Just a test project",
      version="1.0",
      py_modules=['sample'],
      install_requires=['requests'])

I can recommend the Python Packaging User Guide for the nitty gritty details.