How can I make setuptools (or distribute) install a package from the local file system
Is it possible to specify (editable) source dependencies in setup.py that are known to reside on the local file system? Consider the following directory structure, all of which lives in a single VCS repository: projects utils setup.py ... app1 setup.py ... # app1 files depend on ../utils app2 setup.py ... # app2 files depend on ../utils Given the following commands: cd projects mkvirtualenv app1 pip install -e app1 I'd like to have all the dependencies for app1 installed, including "utils", which is an "editable" dependency. Likewise, if I did the same for app2. I've tried playing with all