Installation#

Stable release#

To install Package Helper 3 on your Python distribution, you can run this command in your terminal:

$ pip install package-helper-3

If you don’t have pip installed, this Python installation guide can guide you through the process.

However, if you have uv installed (highly recommended), it is best to install PH3 as a UV tool:

$ uv tool install package-helper-3

This is the preferred method to install Package Helper 3, as it will not tie PH3 to your Python installation.

The sources for Package Helper 3 can be downloaded from the Github repo.

You can either clone the public repository:

$ git clone git://github.com/balouf/package-helper-3

Or download the tarball:

$ curl -OJL https://github.com/balouf/package-helper-3/tarball/main

Once you have a copy of the source, you can install it with:

$ pip install .