On Wed, 11 Apr 2018 at 10:36 John Thorvald Wodder II <jwod...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 2018 Apr 11, at 06:55, Jorge Maldonado Ventura < > jorgesu...@freakspot.net> wrote: > > > > I need to execute a command automatically when running `pip install` to > solve https://notabug.org/jorgesumle/boot-em-all/issues/1 > > > > I need to do that to compile the translation files. I found that > overriding the `setuptools.command.install` makes it work with `python3 > setup.py install`, but I want it to work with pip as well. Any advice or > think I overlooked? Is there a clean or recommended way to do this? > > > > The whole code is free software, so you can check my `setup.py` file. > The repository can be cloned executing `git clone > https://notabug.org/jorgesumle/boot-em-all` > <https://notabug.org/jorgesumle/boot-em-all>. > > This can't be done. `pip install` installs from wheel (.whl) files, and > that installation process currently (and, I believe, by design) has no > provision for running arbitrary code. You have two options: > Yep, it's by design to make installation as fast as copying some files from a zip file. > > 1. Extend the `setup.py bdist_wheel` command to compile & bundle the > translation files as part of building the wheel. I personally don't know > how to do this, but I believe the process is somewhat similar to extending > the `setup.py install` command. Note that if the compiled translation > files are architecture-dependent, you'll also need to add the appropriate > tags to the wheel. > > 2. Give your library a `boot_em_all_compile_translations` command for > compiling the translation files, which the user must then run manually > after installation. > > Another option is to look at PEP 517-compatible tools like Enscons which will give you more control over the wheel compilation process without having to try to hack your way into Setuptools.
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