Unreal dependencies installer

Auto install Python module dependencies in Unreal, using py-pip.
This script currently doesn’t has it’s own repo, it lives in the Unreal python plugin template

cons¶

The dependencies installer tries to install dependencies every time on startup. It would be nicer to only try once.
Looking back, I wasted dev-time reducing prints in py-pip , and not doing a subprocess if already installed, to make it faster.
AFAIK plugget already did both, installing dependencies only once, and skipping install if already installed. But it’s less drag and drop, requiring the user to first setup plugget.

Backlinks¶

• Unreal python plugin template
  • the included Unreal dependencies installer auto installs dependencies on Unreal startup from requirements.txt
• plugget - create a self-installing plugin
  • replaced plugget vendor with Unreal dependencies installer, which uses py-pip, a simpler solution for Unreal. Less good for plugget.
    But plugget has more dependencies, and the extra 3 Mb vendor size seems too bloated.