As long it is added to the sys.path, python can import it. For most packages, it is as simple as installing it into a folder inside an extension. The recommended way to install pip packages is at build time, and to embed it into an extension.

Build-time installation using repo_build  The end-user can decide to write, test, and execute such code, but it shouldn’t come from NVIDIA. It opens up the opportunity for certain types of attacks, and from a legal perspective we can’t ship any extensions/apps that perform a pip installation at runtime. Requires internet access and pip index availability.Įven if the version is locked, which should always be the case, the package can still become unavailable at some point, or the content could change. Usually it ends up blocking the process, waiting for the download and installation upon first startup. However installing at runtime has a couple of downsides:Ĭan be slow.

install ( 'Pillow', module = 'PIL' ) import PIL # Package name and module can be different (although rarely is in practice): import omni.

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