Suggestion - DYN file Should Embed Packages

[Tlarkin]

We must have custom packages installed for a DYN file to function. There’s two ways to solve this:

1. On first run, Dynamo can install needed packages automatically.
   or
2. Simply embed the custom package.

Manually managing package installations on multiple computers is a problem.

What do you guys think?

[Marcel_Rijsmus]

Hi,
My two cents…
Use a central location for the packages.
And use Manage Node and Package paths in the settings menu

[john_pierson]

This has come up a few times and it is some that the Dynamo team even discussed a bit here,

Call for feedback on refreshing workspace dependency extension

Dear Dynamo users, While we are wrapping up the new workspace dependency viewer functionality earlier mentioned in Call for Feedback on Dynamo Graph Package Dependency Display. We have something need your feedback on. Currently the dependencies will be only calculated once on the right side when the dyn is opened. e.g. [image] Although, the intention is to help users to address dependencies when they started to consume other authors’ work. However, certain users may prefer to keep the extens…

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However, I do think it is still a LONG time before they really look at implementing something OOTB.

There are quite a few other ways of handling this yourself though. (Here is a non-exhaustive list)

• DynaHub:https://github.com/Dre-Tas/DynaHub
• DynaStandard: https://github.com/brencass/DynaStandard_public (@Brendan_Cassidy)
• Orkestra (paid tool, but that means it just works with very little effort): https://www.orkestra.online/ (@Mostafa_El_Ayoubi)
• The OOTB Workspace Dependency View Extension for newer version will warn you at least.
• Monocle allows you to document your nodes to tell users what they should have installed.

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If there are others I have missed, feel free to add.