Note that this directory is in a transitional state. The C code still lives in directories under iree/ and will be relocated here in the future.
The included setup.py file can be used to build Python binaries or directly install the IREE runtime API. Do note that the runtime is quite heavy and unless you are developing it and on a significant machine, you will want to use released binaries.
There are two ways to build/install Python packages:
It is recommended to use your favorite method for managing virtual environments instead of modifying the system installation.
Only relatively recent versions of pip are supported. Always use the latest via pip install --upgrade pip.
You can build either from the source or build tree (assumes that CMake has been configured and the project built). The latter is typically used by project developers who are already setup for development and want to incrementally generate Python packages without rebuilding.
To build a wheel that can be installed on the same Python version and OS:
python -m pip wheel runtime/
To directly install:
python -m pip install runtime/