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:

7.0.1

version_requirements.txt:

importlib_metadata >=4.13; python_version<'3.11'

Equivalent System Packages

Arch Linux

$ sudo pacman -S python-importlib-metadata

conda-forge

$ conda install importlib_metadata

Debian/Ubuntu

$ sudo apt-get install python3-importlib-metadata

Fedora/Redhat/CentOS

$ sudo yum install python3-importlib-metadata

FreeBSD

$ sudo pkg install devel/py-importlib-metadata

Gentoo Linux

$ sudo emerge dev-python/importlib_metadata

openSUSE

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

Void Linux

$ 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.