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Ask HN: How do we know a Python script's dependencies entirely?

2 points by mardiyah 4y ago

How do we know a Python script's dependencies recursively i.e. entirely ? e.g. the Python 3 script yt-dlp or other ones alike on Github

warrenm 4y ago
In short ... you don't Unless you follow every include, and stack trace the whole shebang Sidebar - this is true of any/all projects of sufficient size
kryptn 4y ago
I've used pipdeptree in the past. https://github.com/naiquevin/pipdeptree https://github.com/naiquevin/pipdeptree
- mardiyah 4y ago
  An idea why it emits warning while the script is working perfect $ pipdeptree -p yt-dlp Warning!!! Possibly conflicting dependencies found: * solidpython==1.1.1 - prettytable [required: ==0.7.2, installed: 3.1.1] * wxPython==4.0.7.post2 - pillow [required: Any, installed: ?] * yt-dlp==2022.5.18 - websockets [required: Any, installed: ?] - brotli [required: Any, installed: ?] - pycryptodomex [required: Any, installed: ?] - mutagen