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The distutils package provides support for building and
installing additional modules into a Python installation. 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 package is discussed in two separate documents which are included
in the Python documentation package. To learn about distributing new
modules using the distutils facilities, read
Distributing Python Modules; this
includes documentation needed to extend distutils. To learn
about installing Python modules, whether or not the author made use of
the distutils package, read
Installing Python Modules.
See Also:
- Distributing Python Modules
- The manual
for developers and packagers of Python modules. This
describes how to prepare distutils-based packages
so that they may be easily installed into an existing
Python installation.
- Installing Python Modules
- An
``administrators'' manual which includes information on
installing modules into an existing Python installation.
You do not need to be a Python programmer to read this
manual.
Release 2.4.5, documentation updated on 18 October 2006.
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