Make lighthouse an installable python package

.gitignore

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+# Python caches
+__pycache__/
+*.py[cod]
+.pytest_cache
+
+# Lighthouse Python module builds
+dist/
+python/lighthouse*.egg-info/
+*.whl

README.md

@@ -68,3 +68,23 @@ For vendor-specific versions of `torch` use the targets `ingress-torch-nvidia`,
 </details>
 
 To run the Python programs in this repo, either enter the virtual environment (`$ source .venv/bin/activate`) and execute a program _or_ execute each of the programs through `uv` (i.e. `$ uv run $EXE`), which will automatically run them inside the virtualenv.
+
+## Installing lighthouse as a python package
+
+You can also install lighthouse as a python package using `uv` and `pip`:
+
+```
+$ uv pip install .
+$ python
+Python 3.12.11 | packaged by conda-forge | (main, Jun  4 2025, 14:45:31) [GCC 13.3.0] on linux
+Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
+>>> import lighthouse
+>>> lighthouse.__version__
+'0.1.0a1'
+```
+
+In order to install the package including `ingress-torch` dependencies:
+
+```
+$ uv pip install .[ingress_torch_cpu]
+```

pyproject.toml

@@ -62,3 +62,7 @@ explicit = true
 name = "torch_mlir"
 url = "https://github.com/llvm/torch-mlir-release/releases/expanded_assets/dev-wheels"
 explicit = true
+
+[tool.setuptools.packages.find]
+where = ["python"]
+include = ["lighthouse*"]

python/lighthouse/__init__.py

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+__version__ = "0.1.0a1"