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:mod:`distutils` --- Building and installing Python modules
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.. module:: distutils
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:synopsis: Support for building and installing Python modules into an existing Python
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installation.
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.. sectionauthor:: Fred L. Drake, Jr. <fdrake@acm.org>
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The :mod:`distutils` package provides support for building and installing
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additional modules into a Python installation. The new modules may be either
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100%-pure Python, or may be extension modules written in C, or may be
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collections of Python packages which include modules coded in both Python and C.
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This package is discussed in two separate documents which are included in the
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Python documentation package. To learn about distributing new modules using the
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:mod:`distutils` facilities, read Distributing Python Modules (XXX reference:
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../dist/dist.html); this includes documentation needed to extend distutils. To
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learn about installing Python modules, whether or not the author made use of the
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:mod:`distutils` package, read Installing Python Modules (XXX reference:
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../inst/inst.html).
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.. seealso::
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`Distributing Python Modules <../dist/dist.html>`_
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The manual for developers and packagers of Python modules. This describes how
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to prepare :mod:`distutils`\ -based packages so that they may be easily
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installed into an existing Python installation.
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`Installing Python Modules <../inst/inst.html>`_
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An "administrators" manual which includes information on installing modules into
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an existing Python installation. You do not need to be a Python programmer to
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read this manual.
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