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python-packaging

brew install python-packaging v26.2 Apache-2.0 OR BSD-2-Clause

Python library for parsing and handling package metadata, versions, and requirements.

Why you might care

Essential dependency for build tools, package managers, and installers that need to parse Python version specifiers, dependencies, and package metadata. Used internally by pip, setuptools, and other packaging infrastructure; rarely installed directly by end users but critical for Python ecosystem tooling.

Categories

library package-manager

Alternatives

setuptools pip poetry
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Build dependencies

python@3.13 python@3.14

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