setuptools: files are missing from distribution

Question

I would like to upload my package to PyPI using setuptools. Unfortunately only __init__.py gets packaged, and files it imports are not packaged. As a result my package is distributed incomplete and fails on import. My file structure is as following:

./
./mypkg/__init__.py
./mypkg/folder1/class_a.py
./setup.py
./upload.sh

I am using following setup.py:

import setuptools

setuptools.setup(
    name="mypkg",
    version="0.0.2",
    packages=['mypkg'],
    classifiers=[
        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
        "License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License",
        "Operating System :: OS Independent",
    ],
)

Edit: The question is different from Why do I need to include sub-packages in setup.py in that it looks for any solutions to the problem, and linked question discusses the technical reasons for one of the possible solutions.

Possible duplicate of Why do I need to include sub-packages in setup.py — Dustin Ingram
– Dustin Ingram, Commented Apr 19, 2019 at 15:18
This explains the matter, but answers a different (related) question. — ikamen
– ikamen, Commented Apr 19, 2019 at 16:27

ikamen · Accepted Answer · 2019-04-19 16:26:23Z

1

solution was to list the needed directories like:

import setuptools

setuptools.setup(
    ...
    packages=['mypkg', 'mypkg.folder1'],
    ...
)

Further reading: Why do I need to include sub-packages in setup.py

edited Apr 19, 2019 at 16:26

answered Apr 19, 2019 at 12:56

ikamen

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