sysdep 0.1.3

System Dependency Checker for Python Projects

sysdep - System Dependency Checker for Python

sysdep is a cross-platform tool to manage and verify non-Python system dependencies required by Python applications. It fills the gap between Python package management and system-level dependencies.

Problem

While Python package managers like pip, Poetry, or Pipenv handle Python modules well, there's no unified way to:

• Declare system dependencies (like FFmpeg, ImageMagick, or platform libraries)
• Verify if those dependencies are installed on a user's system
• Guide users through installation of missing dependencies

Features

• Declarative Dependencies: Specify system requirements in a clear, structured format
• Cross-Platform Support: Works on Linux, macOS, and Windows
• Automatic Detection: Scans for common tools and libraries
• Installation Guidance: Suggests installation commands for missing dependencies
• CI Integration: Easy to integrate with CI/CD pipelines
• Development Tool: Checks dependencies during development or installation
• Code Annotations: Scan Python code for special comments that declare dependencies
• Progress Bars: Visual feedback for long-running operations

Installation

# Basic installation
pip install sysdep

# Install with UI enhancements (progress bars)
pip install "sysdep[ui]"

Install with UI enhancements

pip install "sysdep[ui]"

## Quick Start

### Create a dependency manifest

Create a file named `system_requirements.txt` in your project:

Media processing tools

executable: ffmpeg >= 4.2.0 executable: imagemagick

Libraries

library: libssl >= 1.1.0

### Check dependencies

```bash
# Check dependencies from manifest file
sysdep check -f system_requirements.txt

# Scan Python files for dependency annotations
sysdep check -d ./my_package

# Output in JSON format
sysdep check -f system_requirements.txt --json

Install missing dependencies

sysdep install -f system_requirements.txt

Generate manifest

# Generate from code annotations
sysdep generate ./my_package -o system_requirements.txt

# Generate from Python dependencies (requirements.txt, pyproject.toml, setup.py)
sysdep generate ./ --from-python-deps -o system_requirements.txt

# Map Python packages to system dependencies
sysdep map numpy pillow opencv-python

# Map packages from requirements.txt
sysdep map --file requirements.txt

Dependency Declaration

Manifest File

The system_requirements.txt file uses a simple format:

# Comments start with hash
dependency_type: name [>= version]

Available dependency types:

• executable: Command-line tools found in PATH
• library: Shared libraries/DLLs

Automatic Generation from Python Dependencies

sysdep can automatically generate system requirements from your Python dependencies:

sysdep generate ./ --from-python-deps

This will:

1. Scan your project for requirements.txt, pyproject.toml, and setup.py files
2. Extract Python package dependencies
3. Map those packages to known system dependencies
4. Generate a system_requirements.txt file

Supported mappings include (but not limited to):

• pillow → libjpeg, libpng
• opencv-python → opencv libraries
• moviepy, pydub → ffmpeg
• numpy, scipy → BLAS, LAPACK
• psycopg2 → libpq
• lxml → libxml2, libxslt
• tensorflow, pytorch → CUDA libraries
• And many more!

Code Annotations

You can declare dependencies directly in your Python code using special comments:

# sysdep: ffmpeg >= 4.2.0
import subprocess

def process_video(input_file, output_file):
    # requires-system: imagemagick
    subprocess.run(['ffmpeg', '-i', input_file, output_file])

Integration with Setuptools

sysdep integrates with setuptools to automatically check dependencies during package installation:

# setup.py
from setuptools import setup, find_packages
from sysdep.setuptools_integration import setup_integration

setup_kwargs = {
    'name': 'my-package',
    'version': '0.1.0',
    # Other setup parameters...
}

# Integrate sysdep with setuptools
setup_integration(setup_kwargs)

# Run setup
setup(**setup_kwargs)

This adds a sysdep command to setuptools and modifies the install and develop commands to check dependencies first.

# Check dependencies
python setup.py sysdep

# Install package and check dependencies
python setup.py install

# Use strict mode to fail if dependencies are missing
python setup.py sysdep --strict

API Usage

from sysdep import check_dependencies
from sysdep.parsers.code_scanner import DependencyScanner

# Check dependencies from manifest file
results = check_dependencies('system_requirements.txt')
if not results['all_installed']:
    print("Missing dependencies:")
    for dep in results['missing']:
        print(f"- {dep['name']}")

# Scan for dependencies in code
scanner = DependencyScanner()
dependencies = scanner.scan_directory('./my_package')

License

MIT License

Copyright (c) 2024-2025 Latiful Mousom

See the LICENSE file for details.