Install two python modules with the same name

Question

What is the best way to install two python modules with the same name? I am currently dependent on two different facebook libraries: pyfacebook and Facebook of the new python-sdk. Both of these libraries install themselves as a facebook module. I can come up with a bunch of hacked solutions, but before I left, I was curious if there was a Python way to handle this situation.

I am using virtualenv and pip.

(Yes, I end up condemning one of them, but I had two different engineers working on two different problems, and they did not realize that they were using a different module before integration)

Answer 1

Firstly, I suggest you guys list all the other libraries that you use so that you can get a consensus on how you create your application.

To support this type of thing, put each module in its own folder, put it in the __init__.py file, then you can do this:

 import Folder1.facebook as pyfacebook import Folder2.facebook as facebooksdk 

Answer 2

The simplest solution is to include one (or both) modules in the project instead of installing it. Then you can get more control over the module name and import.