Intro distribute setuptools distutils command for github. The main purpose of the setup script is to describe your module distribution to the distutils, so that the various commands that operate on. This tutorial will focus on the bare minimum basics you need to get setuptools running so you can. First of all your software must be packaged within the standard distribution way.
Every version number class implements the following. The sections in this guide corresponding to them explicitly mention distutils. This package contains an extension command for that. Because pypi and pip disallows to download package distributions from other than official pypi for security reasons. At the end, distutils was in the same sad state and no bug was fixed for 2 years. Because pypi and pip disallows to download package distributions from other than official pypi. The official home of the python programming language. Distutils is designed to execute highlevel commands to build, install, and package python modules.
Refer to the python packaging user guide for more information. First thing to do is verify the python installation, python version and some modules. Questions and comments should be directed to the distutilssig mailing list. However, if a dependency expects to import anything special in its setup script i. See the installation instructions in the python packaging users guide for instructions on installing, upgrading, and uninstalling setuptools questions and comments should be directed to the distutilssig mailing list. Two years later, this project was abandoned and most of the work was lost. The distutils own setup script, shown here, is used to install the package into python 1.
This is working fine but as soon as the developers add more code in setup. As a developer, your responsibilities apart from writing solid, welldocumented and welltested code, of course. The re module is the only module that needs to be installed to use the distutils. See the documentation on installing python modules for details or to. Mar, 2012 the distutils2 codebase is a fork of distutils.
The same source code archive can also be used to build. As we saw in section a simple example above, the setup. This package uses the distutils python standard library package and follows its conventions of packaging source distributions. The setup script is the centre of all activity in building, distributing, and installing modules using the distutils. If an enduser wishes to install your foo module, all they have to do is download foo1. Package python3 distutils has no installation candidate. The new modules may be either 100%pure python, or may be extension modules written in c, or may be collections of python packages which include modules coded in both python and c. Distutils module was included in standard distribution in python 1. This is for endusers, system administrators, and python programmers who need to install thirdparty modules to their existing python installation.
This module is responsible for parsing all commandline arguments to setup. The proposed module distribution utilities for python, or distutils for short, are needed to fill a number of longstanding holes in the python distribution and culture. Bug reports and especially tested patches may be submitted directly to the bug tracker. I have visual studio build tools installed and my python version im using is 3. Thus, users on the most popular platforms will be able to install most popular python module. Package python3 distutils is not available, but is referred to by another package. See the installation instructions in the python packaging users guide for instructions on installing, upgrading, and uninstalling setuptools. Download the sources, unpack, and change into the source directory.
This works even if you have multiple versions of python around. Provides classes to represent module version numbers one class for each style of version numbering. The licenses page details gplcompatibility and terms and conditions. The sections in this guide corresponding to them explicitly mention distutils for other setups, you need to run the compilation from the sdk prompt of the corresponding toolchain and set the. Also, the purpose of the second instance of the setup code is not clear. Two documents have been written to cover the distutils, and are part of pythons standard documentation set. It is not backward compatible with distutils and does not depend on it. This python module adds test to the commands in the distutils package.
This document is being retained solely until the setuptools documentation at. The distutils package provides support for building and installing additional modules into a python installation. Instead of running p4a via the command line, you can call it via setup. See the documentation on installing python modules for details or to customize the install process download the sources, unpack, and change into the source directory. Easily download, build, install, upgrade, and uninstall python packages. It provides the setup which is called from the setup script. You can vote up the examples you like or vote down the ones you dont like.
See the documentation on installing python modules for details or to customize the install process. In my case, i had old versions of the twisted dependency incremental installed, which prevented the installation. The main purpose of the setup script is to describe your module distribution to the distutils, so that the various commands that operate on your modules do the right thing. Build egg, source, and window installer distributables. Debian details of package python3distutilsextra in sid. Since then distutils expanded with new commands, but after almost 10 years basic principles stays the same there is central setup. For most unix systems, you must download and compile the source code. This document covers using the distutils to distribute your python modules, concentrating on the role of developerdistributor.
The following are code examples for showing how to use distutils. For the benefits of packaging tool authors and users seeking a deeper understanding of the details of the current packaging and distribution system, the legacy. However, if you have a distutils more recent than your python, you might want to install it. Dec 31, 2016 distutils pytest call pytest from a distutils setup. The problem is that duplicated code can be a source of errors if one instance is changed but the other is not. Two documents have been written to cover the distutils, and are part of python s standard documentation set. Writing the setup script the setup script is the centre of all activity in building, distributing, and installing modules using the distutils. In my case, i had old versions of the twisted dependency incremental installed, which prevented the installation pip install upgrade incremental pip install twisted. Package distutils module version hide private no frames module version. Bug reports and especially tested patches may be submitted directly to the bug tracker to report a security vulnerability, please use the tidelift security contact. Keep in mind that although the distutils are included with python 1. The distutils install command is designed to make installing module distributions to an.
Apr 01, 2016 this package uses the distutils python standard library package and follows its conventions of packaging source distributions. The setuptools project adds new capabilities to the setup function and other apis, makes the api consistent across different python versions, and is hence recommended over using distutils directly. It provides more features and implements new packaging standards. If youre not sure which to choose, learn more about installing packages. Using the distutils is quite simple, both for module developers and for usersadministrators installing thirdparty modules.
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