pip Install and Dependencies Cheat Sheet/Install multiple requirements files

Combine base and environment-specific requirement lists.

Section: Requirements Files

Install multiple requirements files

bash
bash
python -m pip install -r requirements.txt -r requirements-dev.txt
Explanation

Useful when splitting runtime and development dependencies.

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