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setuptools is a set of enhancements to Python's distutils which simplify building, distribution and installation of Python packages.

setuptools is a (largely) drop-in replacement for distutils first published in 2004. Its most notable addition over the unmodified distutils tools was the ability to declare dependencies on other packages. It is currently recommended as a more regularly updated alternative to distutils that offers consistent support for more recent packaging standards across a wide range of Python versions.

The recommended pip installer runs all setup.py scripts with setuptools, even if the script itself only imports distutils.
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  • Questions about setuptools-specific features should be tagged .
  • If a question is only about functionality common to both distutils and setuptools, the tag can be used in advance.
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pip install test dependencies for tox from setup.py

I made my project with setuptools and I want to test it with tox. I listed dependencies in a variable and added to setup() parameter (tests_require and extras_require). My project needs to install all of the dependencies listed in tests_require to…
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PyCharm does not recognize modules installed in development mode

I have two pure python projects in PyCharm 3.4.1 Professional Edition. The first one, let's call it p (like package), is structured as a setuptools package (i.e. with setup.py, all requirements etc., however it is not uploaded to pypi or any other…
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How to solve pkg_resources.VersionConflict error during bin/python bootstrap.py -d

I am tring to create a new plone environment using python plone-devstart.py tool. I got a bootstrap error. So i used a command bin/python bootstrap.py -d from my project directory. It(bin/python bootstrap.py -d command) worked fine before But now i…
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Is there a best practice to make a package PEP-561 compliant?

I'm writing a Python project which is published as a package to a pypi-like repository (using setuptools and twine). I use type hints in my code. The issue is, when importing the package from a different project and running mypy, I get the following…
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How do I use data in package_data from source code?

In setup.py, I have specified package_data like this: packages=['hermes'], package_dir={'hermes': 'hermes'}, package_data={'hermes': ['templates/*.tpl']}, And my directory structure is roughly hermes/ | | docs/ | ... | hermes/ | |…
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Is `setup.cfg` deprecated?

It's not completely clear to me, what is the status of setup.cfg. I am looking for solutions for my other question about PEP 508 environment markers, and I became totally confused. To me it seems that setup.cfg is an improvement over setup.py,…
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Python Namespace Packages in Python3

The topic of namespace packages seems a bit confusing for the uninitiated, and it doesn't help that prior versions of Python have implemented it in a few different ways or that a lot of the Q&A on StackOverflow are dated. I am looking for a…
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Distribute a Python package with a compiled dynamic shared library

How do I package a Python module together with a precompiled .so library? Specifically, how do I write setup.py so that when I do this in Python >>> import top_secret_wrapper It can easily find top_secret.so without having to set…
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Python setup.py: How to get find_packages() to identify packages in subdirectories

I'm trying to create a setup.py file where find_packages() recursively finds packages. In this example, foo, bar, and baz are all modules that I want to be installed and available on the python path. For example, I want to be able to do import foo,…
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setuptools: adding additional files outside package

I have a python application that has a fixed layout which I cannot change. I would like to wrap it up using setuptools, e.g. write a setup.py script. Using the official documentation, I was able to write a first template. However, the application in…
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Execute a Python script post install using distutils / setuptools

Note: distutils is deprecated and the accepted answer has been updated to use setuptools I'm trying to add a post-install task to Python distutils as described in How to extend distutils with a simple post install script?. The task is supposed to…
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Import error on installed package using setup.py

I have a problem with using setup.py to setup a python package. First, I have the following directory setup: maindir |- setup.py |-mymodule |- __init__.py |- mainmodule.py |-subdir |- __init__.py …
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How can I add post-install scripts to easy_install / setuptools / distutils?

I would like to be able to add a hook to my setup.py that will be run post-install (either when easy_install'ing or when doing python setup.py install). In my project, PySmell, I have some support files for Vim and Emacs. When a user installs…
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How can I install packages hosted in a private PyPI using setup.py?

I'm trying to write the setup.py install file for a private project, which has both public and private dependencies. The public ones are hosted on PyPI, whereas the private ones are hosted on a server running simplepypi. I would like both public and…
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How to obtain arguments passed to setup.py from pip with '--install-option'?

I am using pip 1.4.1, attempting to install a package from a local path, for example: pip install /path/to/my/local/package This does what I want, which is more or less the equivalent of running python /path/to/my/local/package/setup.py install,…
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