Bug reports and especially tested patches may be submitted directly to the bug tracker. This package provides additional functions to pythons distutils and setuptools. The setup script is the centre of all activity in building, distributing, and installing modules using the distutils. 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. The distutils install command is designed to make installing module distributions to an. The problem is that duplicated code can be a source of errors if one instance is changed but the other is not. The distutils own setup script, shown here, is used to install the package into python 1.
The licenses page details gplcompatibility and terms and conditions. Package python3distutils is not available, but is referred to by another package. This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or is only available from another source however the following packages replace it. Build egg, source, and window installer distributables. Using the distutils is quite simple, both for module developers and for usersadministrators installing thirdparty modules. Debian details of package python3distutilsextra in sid. This project is abandoned, and we recommend not to use this anymore. Historically, most, but not all, python releases have also been gplcompatible. It provides the setup which is called from the setup script. Mar, 2012 the distutils2 codebase is a fork of distutils. Easily download, build, install, upgrade, and uninstall python packages. 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. Download the sources, unpack, and change into the source directory.
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. This package provides additional functions to python s distutils and setuptools. Package python3 distutils is not available, but is referred to by another package. Dec 31, 2016 distutils pytest call pytest from a distutils setup. Instead of running p4a via the command line, you can call it via setup.
However, if you have a distutils more recent than your python, you might want to install it. Writing the setup script the setup script is the centre of all activity in building, distributing, and installing modules using the distutils. Two years later, this project was abandoned and most of the work was lost. Package distutils module version hide private no frames module version. Also, the purpose of the second instance of the setup code is not clear. The same source code archive can also be used to build. You can vote up the examples you like or vote down the ones you dont like. 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. Since then distutils expanded with new commands, but after almost 10 years basic principles stays the same there is central setup. In typical distutils fashion they can be provided in the setup script, on the command line or in a g configuration file. As we saw in section a simple example above, the setup. This is for endusers, system administrators, and python programmers who need to install thirdparty modules to their existing python installation. This python module adds test to the commands in the distutils package.
It provides more features and implements new packaging standards. The following are code examples for showing how to use distutils. Because pypi and pip disallows to download package distributions from other than official pypi. Questions and comments should be directed to the distutilssig mailing list.
The official home of the python programming language. This document is being retained solely until the setuptools documentation at. Two documents have been written to cover the distutils, and are part of pythons standard documentation set. The re module is the only module that needs to be installed to use the distutils. Thus, users on the most popular platforms will be able to install most popular python module. This is working fine but as soon as the developers add more code in setup. See the installation instructions in the python packaging users guide for instructions on installing, upgrading, and uninstalling setuptools. The distutils package provides support for building and installing additional modules into a python installation. Two documents have been written to cover the distutils, and are part of python s standard documentation set. At the end, distutils was in the same sad state and no bug was fixed for 2 years. The main purpose of the setup script is to describe your module distribution to the distutils, so that the various commands that operate on. I have visual studio build tools installed and my python version im using is 3.
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. This module is responsible for parsing all commandline arguments to setup. Distutils is designed to execute highlevel commands to build, install, and package python modules. This package contains an extension command for that.
Apr 01, 2016 this package uses the distutils python standard library package and follows its conventions of packaging source distributions. It is not backward compatible with distutils and does not depend on it. Package python3 distutils has no installation candidate. This tutorial will focus on the bare minimum basics you need to get setuptools running so you can. Refer to the python packaging user guide for more information. As a developer, your responsibilities apart from writing solid, welldocumented and welltested code, of course. See the documentation on installing python modules for details or to. In my case, i had old versions of the twisted dependency incremental installed, which prevented the installation. This document covers using the distutils to distribute your python modules, concentrating on the role of developerdistributor. 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. The sections in this guide corresponding to them explicitly mention distutils. Keep in mind that although the distutils are included with python 1.
This works even if you have multiple versions of python around. First of all your software must be packaged within the standard distribution way. It allows you to easily integrate gettext, icons and gnome documentation into your build and installation process. This package uses the distutils python standard library package and follows its conventions of packaging source distributions. See the documentation on installing python modules for details or to customize the install process. Every version number class implements the following. However, if a dependency expects to import anything special in its setup script i. 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. 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. 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. Intro distribute setuptools distutils command for github.
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