Distributing Python Modules
| Authors: | Greg Ward, Anthony Baxter |
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| Email: | distutils-sig@python.org |
This document describes the Python Distribution Utilities (“Distutils”) from the module developer’s point of view, describing how to use the Distutils to make Python modules and extensions easily available to a wider audience with very little overhead for build/release/install mechanics.
- 1. An Introduction to Distutils
- 2. Writing the Setup Script
- 3. Writing the Setup Configuration File
- 4. Creating a Source Distribution
- 5. Creating Built Distributions
- 6. The Python Package Index (PyPI)
- 7. Examples
- 8. Extending Distutils
- 9. Command Reference
- 10. API Reference
- 10.1. distutils.core — Core Distutils functionality
- 10.2. distutils.ccompiler — CCompiler base class
- 10.3. distutils.unixccompiler — Unix C Compiler
- 10.4. distutils.msvccompiler — Microsoft Compiler
- 10.5. distutils.bcppcompiler — Borland Compiler
- 10.6. distutils.cygwincompiler — Cygwin Compiler
- 10.7. distutils.emxccompiler — OS/2 EMX Compiler
- 10.8. distutils.archive_util — Archiving utilities
- 10.9. distutils.dep_util — Dependency checking
- 10.10. distutils.dir_util — Directory tree operations
- 10.11. distutils.file_util — Single file operations
- 10.12. distutils.util — Miscellaneous other utility functions
- 10.13. distutils.dist — The Distribution class
- 10.14. distutils.extension — The Extension class
- 10.15. distutils.debug — Distutils debug mode
- 10.16. distutils.errors — Distutils exceptions
- 10.17. distutils.fancy_getopt — Wrapper around the standard getopt module
- 10.18. distutils.filelist — The FileList class
- 10.19. distutils.log — Simple PEP 282-style logging
- 10.20. distutils.spawn — Spawn a sub-process
- 10.21. distutils.sysconfig — System configuration information
- 10.22. distutils.text_file — The TextFile class
- 10.23. distutils.version — Version number classes
- 10.24. distutils.cmd — Abstract base class for Distutils commands
- 10.25. Creating a new Distutils command
- 10.26. distutils.command — Individual Distutils commands
- 10.27. distutils.command.bdist — Build a binary installer
- 10.28. distutils.command.bdist_packager — Abstract base class for packagers
- 10.29. distutils.command.bdist_dumb — Build a “dumb” installer
- 10.30. distutils.command.bdist_msi — Build a Microsoft Installer binary package
- 10.31. distutils.command.bdist_rpm — Build a binary distribution as a Redhat RPM and SRPM
- 10.32. distutils.command.bdist_wininst — Build a Windows installer
- 10.33. distutils.command.sdist — Build a source distribution
- 10.34. distutils.command.build — Build all files of a package
- 10.35. distutils.command.build_clib — Build any C libraries in a package
- 10.36. distutils.command.build_ext — Build any extensions in a package
- 10.37. distutils.command.build_py — Build the .py/.pyc files of a package
- 10.38. distutils.command.build_scripts — Build the scripts of a package
- 10.39. distutils.command.clean — Clean a package build area
- 10.40. distutils.command.config — Perform package configuration
- 10.41. distutils.command.install — Install a package
- 10.42. distutils.command.install_data — Install data files from a package
- 10.43. distutils.command.install_headers — Install C/C++ header files from a package
- 10.44. distutils.command.install_lib — Install library files from a package
- 10.45. distutils.command.install_scripts — Install script files from a package
- 10.46. distutils.command.register — Register a module with the Python Package Index
- 10.47. distutils.command.check — Check the meta-data of a package