Installation instructions¶

System requirements¶

Python 2.6, 2.7, or 3.1 and newer. Python 2.6 requires patching the sources, see below.
setuptools.
pytest 2.8.0 or newer.

Download¶

The latest release version of pytest-dependency source can be found at PyPI, see

https://pypi.python.org/pypi/pytest_dependency

Installation¶

Download the sources, unpack, and change into the source directory.
Build (optional):
```
$ python setup.py build
```
Test (optional):
```
$ python -m pytest
```
Install:
```
$ python setup.py install
```

The last step might require admin privileges in order to write into the site-packages directory of your Python installation.

If you are using Python 2.6, apply python2_6.patch after the first step:

1a. Patch:

$ patch -p1 < python2_6.patch

It removes the use of certain language features (dict comprehensions) that were introduced in Python 2.7.

For production use, it is always recommended to use the latest release version from PyPI, see above. If you build from the development sources that can be found at GitHub, please note that python2_6.patch is generated dynamically and not in the source repository.