How to build python package with pdm and include external dependencies

Question

I'm trying to build a wheel using the PDM tool, however when I build the package, external dependencies (eg semver) are not included. This means whoever uses my tool, will need to install these dependencies as well. Is there a way to package the external dependencies together with my package using PDM?

• Antoine: Are your external dependencies listed in requirement.txt ? Have you tried pdm add <dependency> (see PEP508 to format dependencies manually if you want)
• Hussam: The dependencies are listed in pyproject.toml and indeed i add them with pdm add however, when I do pdm build, the dist file don't contain those dependencies
• Antoine: Yeah it's normal, a package contain itself plus only the references for other packages. But when you try to install it, it should recursively get all dependencies
• AtomHeartFather: Hey @Hussam have you found a way to do it? I am in the same boat. I want my package to be self contained (excluding perhaps the Python interpreter itself).
• Hussam: no unfortunately, eventually the dependencies were installed by another team manually on the systems where my package is going to be used