Is there an equivalent maven / ivy dependency management for python?

Question

Is there an equivalent maven / ivy dependency management for python? I mean, will it automatically download all my dependencies based on a simple specification (how is this done for java)?

Thanks.

Answer 1

http://www.pip-installer.org/en/latest/index.html (requirements files)

http://www.buildout.org/

Answer 2

I know about Pip , which uses a very simple plain text format for specifying requirements .