Hatch Python Eggs with Setuptools

Posted by IdaAshley on Oct 27, 2006 10:35 PM EDT
ibm.com/developerWorks; By David Mertz, Ph.D.
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Setuptools framework, a side project of PEAK, provides easier package management and distribution than distutils. Setuptools lets you package your libraries in a single-file archive called an "egg," similar to Java JAR file, but for Python. Like the Perl CPAN and Ruby Gems tools, the ez_setup tool bootstraps the rest of setuptools. The ez_install tool that comes with it does the same thing in conjunction with "Cheeseshop" (PyPI).

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