Repackage a modified library originally installed through pip

Question

I installed a library through pip that only worked with Python2. I modified the source a bit to make it work with Python3, however I would like to repackage my modified version so that I can move it to another PC. How can I do it?

Answer 1

See any of these references from the docs/stackoverflow:

• An Overview of Packaging for Python
• Packaging Python Products (Tutorial)
• Packaging and Distributing Projects (Guide)
• this minimal example from bgse at StackOverflow

The process essentially consists of:

• creating the package through directory structure and __init__.py
• using setuptools to specify project metadata
• installing with pip
• optionally uploading to PyPI with twine.