Goal

Packaging a python app can be really painful.
You have to package your app, test it with lib already packaged and package yourself any python lib you want (and pray for not breaking something).

On the other side, dev love to use vendoring like virtualenv (python 2) or venv (python 3.3+).

Unite them all!

Install

Ubuntu

Repository

• stable repository:
  sudo add-apt-repository ppa:dh-venv/stable
• daily build repository:
  sudo add-apt-repository ppa:dh-venv/daily

Package

sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get install dh-venv

Usage

rules

In your rules file, just add this for a simple package (who works):

#!/usr/bin/make -f
# -*- makefile -*-

# Uncomment this to turn on verbose mode.
#export DH_VERBOSE=1

%:
	dh $@ --buildsystem python_venv

Package

By default, it will create a virtualenv in /usr/share/python with package source name (find in control file).

Options

Some global variables can be used to customize / extend dh-venv:

Varible	Action	Format	Default Value
DH_VENV_NAME	Virtualenv name	single_word	package source name
DH_VENV_PKG	Package where virtualenv will be put	single_word	package source name
DH_VENV_REQUIREMENT_FILE	requirement file to install	single_word	requirements.txt
DH_VENV_CREATE	options to pass at creation of virtualenv	value,comma,separated	--no-site-packages
DH_VENV_PIP_INSTALL_REQUIREMENTS	options to pip when installing requirements	values,comma,separated
DH_VENV_PIP_INSTALL	options to pip when installing package	values,comma,separated
DH_VENV_ROOT_PATH	Root path for destination application	single_word	``/usr/share/python`