importlib_metadata: Library to access the metadata for a Python package¶

Description¶

This is a backport package, supplying access to the functionality of importlib.metadata including improvements added to subsequent Python versions.

License¶

Apache Software License

Upstream Contact¶

• https://pypi.org/project/importlib-metadata/

• http://importlib-metadata.readthedocs.io/

Type¶

standard

Dependencies¶

• $(PYTHON)

• pip: Tool for installing and managing Python packages

• tomli: A lil’ TOML parser

• typing_extensions: Backported and Experimental Type Hints for Python 3.8+

• zipp: A pathlib-compatible zipfile object wrapper

Version Information¶

package-version.txt:

8.7.0

src/pyproject.toml:

importlib_metadata >=6.5; python_version<'3.12'

version_requirements.txt:

importlib_metadata

Equivalent System Packages¶

$ sudo pacman -S python-importlib-metadata

$ conda install importlib_metadata

$ sudo apt-get install python3-importlib-metadata

$ sudo dnf install python3-importlib-metadata

$ sudo pkg install devel/py-importlib-metadata

$ sudo emerge dev-python/importlib_metadata

$ sudo zypper install python3\$\{PYTHON_MINOR\}-importlib-metadata

$ sudo xbps-install python3-importlib_metadata

# See https://repology.org/project/python:importlib-metadata/versions

If the system package is installed and if the (experimental) option --enable-system-site-packages is passed to ./configure, then ./configure will check if the system package can be used.