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error: invalid package name 'my_pkg' (hyphens are not allowed)

ID: python/setuptools-invalid-package-name

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80%Fix Rate
87%Confidence
0Evidence
2024-12-01First Seen

Version Compatibility

VersionStatusIntroducedDeprecatedNotes
3.6 active — — —
3.7 active — — —
3.8 active — — —

Root Cause

The package name contains hyphens, which are not allowed in Python package names; underscores or alphanumeric characters are required.

generic

中文

包名包含连字符，Python 包名不允许使用连字符；需要使用下划线或字母数字字符。

Workarounds

  1. 95% success 
    In setup.py: name='my_pkg'
  2. 90% success 
    setup(name='my-pkg', packages=['my_pkg'])

Dead Ends

Common approaches that don't work:

  1. 90% fail

    Setuptools will reject it.

  2. 30% fail

    Must also update the name in setup.py.