Local dependencies#
During the development cycle you will want to be able to run your workflows both locally on your machine and remotely on Union. To enable this, you need to ensure that the required dependencies are installed in both places. Here we will explain how to install your dependencies locally. For information on how to make your dependencies available on Union, see Remote dependencies with ImageSpec.
Define your dependencies in your pyproject.toml#
We recommend using the uv tool for project and dependency management.
When using the best way declare your dependencies is to list them under dependencies in your pyproject.toml file, like this:
[project]
name = "union-simple"
version = "0.1.0"
description = "A simple Union project"
readme = "README.md"
requires-python = ">=3.9,<3.13"
dependencies = ["union"]
Create a Python virtual environment#
Ensure that your Python virtual environment is properly set up with the required dependencies.
Using uv, you can install the dependencies with the command:
$ uv sync
You can then activate the virtual environment with:
source .venv/bin/activate
activate vs uv run
When running the union CLI within your local project you must run it in the virtual environment associated with that project.
To run union within your project’s virtual environment using uv, you can prefix it use the uv run command. For example:
uv run union ...
Alternatively, you can activate the virtual environment with source .venv/bin/activate and then run the union command directly.
In our examples we assume that you are doing the latter.
Having installed your dependencies in your local environment, you can now run your workflows locally using union run.
The next step is to ensure that the same dependencies are also available in the remote environment on Union.