Re: Recommended way of installing system-wide python application and libraries
As far as how to do this within an existing cmake project,
unfortunately, there doesn't seem to be a clear/easy way. The only
cmake example I can think off of the top of my head is cvc5. It still
uses setup.py though, so not a great future-looking example (and I had
to patch it to build the Python bindings in Debian):
https://github.com/cvc5/cvc5/blob/main/src/api/python/CMakeLists.txt
We've been using cmake + pybuild very successfully for packaging the
various Cura components:
https://salsa.debian.org/3dprinting-team/cura/-/blob/master/debian/rules
https://salsa.debian.org/3dprinting-team/cura-engine/-/blob/master/debian/rules
https://salsa.debian.org/3dprinting-team/uranium/-/blob/master/debian/rules
etc.
Cura is a mix of Python and C++, so a pure Python tools approach
wouldn't have worked well. Upstream used cmake exclusively in the past,
and that worked very well together with pybuild. Unfortunately, they
recently introduced a new build environment based on conan, which is why
we haven't managed to package new Cura versions yet.
The best solution right now is probably:
https://scikit-build-core.readthedocs.io
It's specifically designed for combining CMake + Python.
I don't know how well this is supported in Debian so far.
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