'How to package a python project that depends on an external executable?
I'm writing python bindings for an executable written in haskell. How should I handle the dependency on the executable regarding packaging and distribution ?
I could just write the python packages that calls the external command as a supbrocess and crash if it's not found at runtime, but is there a solution that either:
- check during package installation that the executable is available on the host,
- triggers the installation of the executable if it is not found
I couldn't find any in the python packaging documentations.
Should this be handled one level up, for example at the os distribution level (apt, nix, docker,…) ?
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