Chapter 26. Distributing Extensions and Programs
Python's distutils allow you to
package Python programs and extensions in several ways, and to
install programs and extensions to work with your Python
installation. As I mentioned in Chapter 24, the
distutils also afford the most effective way to
build C-coded extensions you write yourself, even when you are not
interested in distributing such extensions. This chapter covers the
distutils, as well as third-party tools that
complement the distutils and let you package
Python programs for distribution as standalone applications,
installable on machines with specific hardware and operating systems
without a separate installation of Python.
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