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. This document is being retained solely until the setuptools documentation at. This document covers using the distutils to distribute your python modules, concentrating on the role of developerdistributor. This module is responsible for parsing all commandline arguments to setup. If youre not sure which to choose, learn more about installing packages. In my case, i had old versions of the twisted dependency incremental installed, which prevented the installation.
I have visual studio build tools installed and my python version im using is 3. The following are code examples for showing how to use distutils. This python module adds test to the commands in the distutils package. You can vote up the examples you like or vote down the ones you dont like. This package uses the distutils python standard library package and follows its conventions of packaging source distributions. Provides classes to represent module version numbers one class for each style of version numbering.
Keep in mind that although the distutils are included with python 1. Apr 01, 2016 this package uses the distutils python standard library package and follows its conventions of packaging source distributions. Download the sources, unpack, and change into the source directory. Writing the setup script the setup script is the centre of all activity in building, distributing, and installing modules using the distutils. This tutorial will focus on the bare minimum basics you need to get setuptools running so you can. 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. First of all your software must be packaged within the standard distribution way. 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 own setup script, shown here, is used to install the package into python 1. Every version number class implements the following. 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. Questions and comments should be directed to the distutilssig mailing list. This package contains an extension command for that.
At the end, distutils was in the same sad state and no bug was fixed for 2 years. 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. Package python3 distutils has no installation candidate. This package provides additional functions to python s distutils and setuptools. The re module is the only module that needs to be installed to use the distutils. It allows you to easily integrate gettext, icons and gnome documentation into your build and installation process. See the documentation on installing python modules for details or to customize the install process. Mar, 2012 the distutils2 codebase is a fork of distutils.
If an enduser wishes to install your foo module, all they have to do is download foo1. It provides more features and implements new packaging standards. Because pypi and pip disallows to download package distributions from other than official pypi. This package provides additional functions to pythons distutils and setuptools.
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. Two documents have been written to cover the distutils, and are part of pythons standard documentation set. The official home of the python programming language. Design proposal python distutils sig prerequisites. Since then distutils expanded with new commands, but after almost 10 years basic principles stays the same there is central 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. The licenses page details gplcompatibility and terms and conditions. Package python3 distutils is not available, but is referred to by another package. Instead of running p4a via the command line, you can call it via setup. Package distutils module version hide private no frames module version. It provides the setup which is called from the setup script.
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. Using the distutils is quite simple, both for module developers and for usersadministrators installing thirdparty modules. This will make it more user friendly and easier to learn and use. Bug reports and especially tested patches may be submitted directly to the bug tracker. Dec 31, 2016 distutils pytest call pytest from a distutils setup. Distutils is designed to execute highlevel commands to build, install, and package python modules. Package python3distutils 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 questions and comments should be directed to the distutilssig mailing list. Debian details of package python3distutilsextra in sid. The sections in this guide corresponding to them explicitly mention distutils. Historically, most, but not all, python releases have also been gplcompatible.
Two documents have been written to cover the distutils, and are part of python s standard documentation set. The problem is that duplicated code can be a source of errors if one instance is changed but the other is not. However, if a dependency expects to import anything special in its setup script i. Also, the purpose of the second instance of the setup code is not clear. Build egg, source, and window installer distributables. This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or is only available from another source however the following packages replace it.
Distutils module was included in standard distribution in python 1. Thus, users on the most popular platforms will be able to install most popular python module. See the documentation on installing python modules for details or to. The same source code archive can also be used to build. This is for endusers, system administrators, and python programmers who need to install thirdparty modules to their existing python installation. The setup script is the centre of all activity in building, distributing, and installing modules using the distutils. The distutils install command is designed to make installing module distributions to an. In my case, i had old versions of the twisted dependency incremental installed, which prevented the installation pip install upgrade incremental pip install twisted.
For most unix systems, you must download and compile the source code. As a developer, your responsibilities apart from writing solid, welldocumented and welltested code, of course. This works even if you have multiple versions of python around. Refer to the python packaging user guide for more information. In typical distutils fashion they can be provided in the setup script, on the command line or in a g configuration file. It is not backward compatible with distutils and does not depend on it. First thing to do is verify the python installation, python version and some modules.
Because pypi and pip disallows to download package distributions from other than official pypi for security reasons. 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 your modules do the right thing. The main purpose of the setup script is to describe your module distribution to the distutils, so that the various commands that operate on. Two years later, this project was abandoned and most of the work was lost. This project is abandoned, and we recommend not to use this anymore.
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