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Third party tools offer easier to use and more secure alternatives. Refer to the <a class="reference external" href="https://packaging.python.org/en/latest/current/">quick recommendations section</a> in the Python Packaging User Guide for more information.</p> </div> <div class="toctree-wrapper compound"> <ul> <li class="toctree-l1"><a class="reference internal" href="introduction.html">1. An Introduction to Distutils</a><ul> <li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="introduction.html#concepts-terminology">1.1. Concepts &amp; Terminology</a></li> <li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="introduction.html#a-simple-example">1.2. A Simple Example</a></li> <li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="introduction.html#general-python-terminology">1.3. General Python terminology</a></li> <li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="introduction.html#distutils-specific-terminology">1.4. Distutils-specific terminology</a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toctree-l1"><a class="reference internal" href="setupscript.html">2. Writing the Setup Script</a><ul> <li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="setupscript.html#listing-whole-packages">2.1. Listing whole packages</a></li> <li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="setupscript.html#listing-individual-modules">2.2. Listing individual modules</a></li> <li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="setupscript.html#describing-extension-modules">2.3. Describing extension modules</a></li> <li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="setupscript.html#relationships-between-distributions-and-packages">2.4. Relationships between Distributions and Packages</a></li> <li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="setupscript.html#installing-scripts">2.5. Installing Scripts</a></li> <li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="setupscript.html#installing-package-data">2.6. Installing Package Data</a></li> <li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="setupscript.html#installing-additional-files">2.7. Installing Additional Files</a></li> <li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="setupscript.html#additional-meta-data">2.8. Additional meta-data</a></li> <li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="setupscript.html#debugging-the-setup-script">2.9. Debugging the setup script</a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toctree-l1"><a class="reference internal" href="configfile.html">3. Writing the Setup Configuration File</a></li> <li class="toctree-l1"><a class="reference internal" href="sourcedist.html">4. Creating a Source Distribution</a><ul> <li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="sourcedist.html#specifying-the-files-to-distribute">4.1. Specifying the files to distribute</a></li> <li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="sourcedist.html#manifest-related-options">4.2. Manifest-related options</a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toctree-l1"><a class="reference internal" href="builtdist.html">5. Creating Built Distributions</a><ul> <li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="builtdist.html#creating-rpm-packages">5.1. Creating RPM packages</a></li> <li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="builtdist.html#creating-windows-installers">5.2. Creating Windows Installers</a></li> <li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="builtdist.html#cross-compiling-on-windows">5.3. Cross-compiling on Windows</a></li> <li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="builtdist.html#vista-user-access-control-uac">5.4. Vista User Access Control (UAC)</a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toctree-l1"><a class="reference internal" href="packageindex.html">6. The Python Package Index (PyPI)</a><ul> <li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="packageindex.html#pypi-overview">6.1. PyPI overview</a></li> <li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="packageindex.html#distutils-commands">6.2. Distutils commands</a></li> <li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="packageindex.html#pypi-package-display">6.3. PyPI package display</a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toctree-l1"><a class="reference internal" href="examples.html">7. Examples</a><ul> <li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="examples.html#pure-python-distribution-by-module">7.1. Pure Python distribution (by module)</a></li> <li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="examples.html#pure-python-distribution-by-package">7.2. Pure Python distribution (by package)</a></li> <li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="examples.html#single-extension-module">7.3. Single extension module</a></li> <li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="examples.html#checking-a-package">7.4. Checking a package</a></li> <li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="examples.html#reading-the-metadata">7.5. Reading the metadata</a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toctree-l1"><a class="reference internal" href="extending.html">8. Extending Distutils</a><ul> <li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="extending.html#integrating-new-commands">8.1. Integrating new commands</a></li> <li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="extending.html#adding-new-distribution-types">8.2. Adding new distribution types</a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toctree-l1"><a class="reference internal" href="commandref.html">9. Command Reference</a><ul> <li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="commandref.html#installing-modules-the-install-command-family">9.1. Installing modules: the <strong class="command">install</strong> command family</a></li> <li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="commandref.html#creating-a-source-distribution-the-sdist-command">9.2. Creating a source distribution: the <strong class="command">sdist</strong> command</a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toctree-l1"><a class="reference internal" href="apiref.html">10. API Reference</a><ul> <li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="apiref.html#module-distutils.core">10.1. <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">distutils.core</span></code> — Core Distutils functionality</a></li> <li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="apiref.html#module-distutils.ccompiler">10.2. <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">distutils.ccompiler</span></code> — CCompiler base class</a></li> <li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="apiref.html#module-distutils.unixccompiler">10.3. <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">distutils.unixccompiler</span></code> — Unix C Compiler</a></li> <li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="apiref.html#module-distutils.msvccompiler">10.4. <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">distutils.msvccompiler</span></code> — Microsoft Compiler</a></li> <li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="apiref.html#module-distutils.bcppcompiler">10.5. <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">distutils.bcppcompiler</span></code> — Borland Compiler</a></li> <li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="apiref.html#module-distutils.cygwinccompiler">10.6. <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">distutils.cygwincompiler</span></code> — Cygwin Compiler</a></li> <li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="apiref.html#module-distutils.archive_util">10.7. <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">distutils.archive_util</span></code> — Archiving utilities</a></li> <li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="apiref.html#module-distutils.dep_util">10.8. <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">distutils.dep_util</span></code> — Dependency checking</a></li> <li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="apiref.html#module-distutils.dir_util">10.9. <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">distutils.dir_util</span></code> — Directory tree operations</a></li> <li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="apiref.html#module-distutils.file_util">10.10. <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">distutils.file_util</span></code> — Single file operations</a></li> <li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="apiref.html#module-distutils.util">10.11. <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">distutils.util</span></code> — Miscellaneous other utility functions</a></li> <li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="apiref.html#module-distutils.dist">10.12. <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">distutils.dist</span></code> — The Distribution class</a></li> <li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="apiref.html#module-distutils.extension">10.13. <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">distutils.extension</span></code> — The Extension class</a></li> <li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="apiref.html#module-distutils.debug">10.14. <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">distutils.debug</span></code> — Distutils debug mode</a></li> <li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="apiref.html#module-distutils.errors">10.15. <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">distutils.errors</span></code> — Distutils exceptions</a></li> <li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="apiref.html#module-distutils.fancy_getopt">10.16. <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">distutils.fancy_getopt</span></code> — Wrapper around the standard getopt module</a></li> <li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="apiref.html#module-distutils.filelist">10.17. <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">distutils.filelist</span></code> — The FileList class</a></li> <li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="apiref.html#module-distutils.log">10.18. <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">distutils.log</span></code> — Simple PEP 282-style logging</a></li> <li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="apiref.html#module-distutils.spawn">10.19. <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">distutils.spawn</span></code> — Spawn a sub-process</a></li> <li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="apiref.html#module-distutils.sysconfig">10.20. <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">distutils.sysconfig</span></code> — System configuration information</a></li> <li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="apiref.html#module-distutils.text_file">10.21. <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">distutils.text_file</span></code> — The TextFile class</a></li> <li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="apiref.html#module-distutils.version">10.22. <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">distutils.version</span></code> — Version number classes</a></li> <li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="apiref.html#module-distutils.cmd">10.23. <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">distutils.cmd</span></code> — Abstract base class for Distutils commands</a></li> <li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="apiref.html#creating-a-new-distutils-command">10.24. Creating a new Distutils command</a></li> <li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="apiref.html#module-distutils.command">10.25. <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">distutils.command</span></code> — Individual Distutils commands</a></li> <li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="apiref.html#module-distutils.command.bdist">10.26. <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">distutils.command.bdist</span></code> — Build a binary installer</a></li> <li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="apiref.html#module-distutils.command.bdist_packager">10.27. <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">distutils.command.bdist_packager</span></code> — Abstract base class for packagers</a></li> <li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="apiref.html#module-distutils.command.bdist_dumb">10.28. <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">distutils.command.bdist_dumb</span></code> — Build a “dumb” installer</a></li> <li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="apiref.html#module-distutils.command.bdist_msi">10.29. <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">distutils.command.bdist_msi</span></code> — Build a Microsoft Installer binary package</a></li> <li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="apiref.html#module-distutils.command.bdist_rpm">10.30. <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">distutils.command.bdist_rpm</span></code> — Build a binary distribution as a Redhat RPM and SRPM</a></li> <li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="apiref.html#module-distutils.command.bdist_wininst">10.31. <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">distutils.command.bdist_wininst</span></code> — Build a Windows installer</a></li> <li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="apiref.html#module-distutils.command.sdist">10.32. <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">distutils.command.sdist</span></code> — Build a source distribution</a></li> <li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="apiref.html#module-distutils.command.build">10.33. <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">distutils.command.build</span></code> — Build all files of a package</a></li> <li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="apiref.html#module-distutils.command.build_clib">10.34. <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">distutils.command.build_clib</span></code> — Build any C libraries in a package</a></li> <li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="apiref.html#module-distutils.command.build_ext">10.35. <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">distutils.command.build_ext</span></code> — Build any extensions in a package</a></li> <li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="apiref.html#module-distutils.command.build_py">10.36. <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">distutils.command.build_py</span></code> — Build the .py/.pyc files of a package</a></li> <li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="apiref.html#module-distutils.command.build_scripts">10.37. <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">distutils.command.build_scripts</span></code> — Build the scripts of a package</a></li> <li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="apiref.html#module-distutils.command.clean">10.38. <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">distutils.command.clean</span></code> — Clean a package build area</a></li> <li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="apiref.html#module-distutils.command.config">10.39. <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">distutils.command.config</span></code> — Perform package configuration</a></li> <li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="apiref.html#module-distutils.command.install">10.40. <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">distutils.command.install</span></code> — Install a package</a></li> <li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="apiref.html#module-distutils.command.install_data">10.41. <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">distutils.command.install_data</span></code> — Install data files from a package</a></li> <li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="apiref.html#module-distutils.command.install_headers">10.42. <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">distutils.command.install_headers</span></code> — Install C/C++ header files from a package</a></li> <li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="apiref.html#module-distutils.command.install_lib">10.43. <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span 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