From dd16d0a053a486286de36129fea91219257f293e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: edknv <109497216+edknv@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2023 08:14:14 +0900
Subject: [PATCH] Skip dependencies in SOK installation (#1138)

* Skip dependencies in SOK installation

* change code to trigger horovod tests
---
 .../multi-gpu/install_sparse_operation_kit.sh     |  2 +-
 merlin/models/tf/distributed/__init__.py          | 15 +++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/examples/usecases/multi-gpu/install_sparse_operation_kit.sh b/examples/usecases/multi-gpu/install_sparse_operation_kit.sh
index 22dd487748..fae8e55dd8 100644
--- a/examples/usecases/multi-gpu/install_sparse_operation_kit.sh
+++ b/examples/usecases/multi-gpu/install_sparse_operation_kit.sh
@@ -11,6 +11,6 @@ rm -rf hugectr/
 git clone https://github.com/NVIDIA-Merlin/HugeCTR.git hugectr
 
 cd hugectr/sparse_operation_kit/
-python setup.py install
+python setup.py develop --no-deps
 
 rm -rf ${HUGECTR_HOME}
diff --git a/merlin/models/tf/distributed/__init__.py b/merlin/models/tf/distributed/__init__.py
index e69de29bb2..68b2015fe9 100644
--- a/merlin/models/tf/distributed/__init__.py
+++ b/merlin/models/tf/distributed/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2023, NVIDIA CORPORATION.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+#