Index: lib/MsgUtils/CMakeLists.txt
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diff -u -rfa691c15183dfe8596de699ef8c3a7fcdb90edab -r0bbdafc836463652c41d839ba652e77775a43bec
--- lib/MsgUtils/CMakeLists.txt	(.../CMakeLists.txt)	(revision fa691c15183dfe8596de699ef8c3a7fcdb90edab)
+++ lib/MsgUtils/CMakeLists.txt	(.../CMakeLists.txt)	(revision 0bbdafc836463652c41d839ba652e77775a43bec)
@@ -12,14 +12,24 @@
 endif()
 
 find_package(Protobuf COMPONENTS REQUIRED)
+find_package(Python3 REQUIRED COMPONENTS Interpreter)
 find_package(QT NAMES Qt6 Qt5 REQUIRED COMPONENTS Core)
 find_package(Qt${QT_VERSION_MAJOR} REQUIRED COMPONENTS Core Network SerialBus)
 
 set(MSGUTILS_SCRIPTS_DIR ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/scripts)
 include(cmake/MsgUtils.cmake)
 
-# set(DENALI_MSG_CSV ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../../data/FW_Messages_List.csv)
+# install the Python package in editable mode so that the generated protobuf files can be imported by the Python scripts
+# without needing to be copied to the Python package directory
+execute_process(
+    COMMAND ${Python3_EXECUTABLE} -m pip install -e ${MSGUTILS_SCRIPTS_DIR} --quiet
+    RESULT_VARIABLE _pip_result
+)
+if(NOT _pip_result EQUAL 0)
+    message(FATAL_ERROR "Failed to install msgutils Python package (pip returned ${_pip_result})")
+endif()
 
+# set(DENALI_MSG_CSV ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../../data/FW_Messages_List.csv)
 set(LEAHI_MSG_CSV ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../../data/Leahi_Staging_FW_Messages_List.csv)
 set(LEAHI_MSG_CONF ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../../data/Unhandled.conf)