setuptools-0.6c11.tar.gz

=============================== Installing and Using Setuptools =============================== .. contents:: **Table of Contents** ------------------------- Installation Instructions ------------------------- Windows ======= Install setuptools using the provided ``.exe`` installer. If you've previously installed older versions of setuptools, please delete all ``setuptools*.egg`` and ``setuptools.pth`` files from your system's ``site-packages`` directory (and any other ``sys.path`` directories) FIRST. If you are upgrading a previous version of setuptools that was installed using an ``.exe`` installer, please be sure to also *uninstall that older version* via your system's "Add/Remove Programs" feature, BEFORE installing the newer version. Once installation is complete, you will find an ``easy_install.exe`` program in your Python ``Scripts`` subdirectory. Be sure to add this directory to your ``PATH`` environment variable, if you haven't already done so. RPM-Based Systems ================= Install setuptools using the provided source RPM. The included ``.spec`` file assumes you are installing using the default ``python`` executable, and is not specific to a particular Python version. The ``easy_install`` executable will be installed to a system ``bin`` directory such as ``/usr/bin``. If you wish to install to a location other than the default Python installation's default ``site-packages`` directory (and ``$prefix/bin`` for scripts), please use the ``.egg``-based installation approach described in the following section. Cygwin, Mac OS X, Linux, Other ============================== 1. Download the appropriate egg for your version of Python (e.g. ``setuptools-0.6c9-py2.4.egg``). Do NOT rename it. 2. Run it as if it were a shell script, e.g. ``sh setuptools-0.6c9-py2.4.egg``. Setuptools will install itself using the matching version of Python (e.g. ``python2.4``), and will place the ``easy_install`` executable in the default location for installing Python scripts (as determined by the standard distutils configuration files, or by the Python installation). If you want to install setuptools to somewhere other than ``site-packages`` or your default distutils installation locations for libraries and scripts, you may include EasyInstall command-line options such as ``--prefix``, ``--install-dir``, and so on, following the ``.egg`` filename on the same command line. For example:: sh setuptools-0.6c9-py2.4.egg --prefix=~ You can use ``--help`` to get a full options list, but we recommend consulting the `EasyInstall manual`_ for detailed instructions, especially `the section on custom installation locations`_. .. _EasyInstall manual: http://peak.telecommunity.com/DevCenter/EasyInstall .. _the section on custom installation locations: http://peak.telecommunity.com/DevCenter/EasyInstall#custom-installation-locations Cygwin Note ----------- If you are trying to install setuptools for the **Windows** version of Python (as opposed to the Cygwin version that lives in ``/usr/bin``), you must make sure that an appropriate executable (``python2.3``, ``python2.4``, or ``python2.5``) is on your **Cygwin** ``PATH`` when invoking the egg. For example, doing the following at a Cygwin bash prompt will install setuptools for the **Windows** Python found at ``C:\\Python24``:: ln -s /cygdrive/c/Python24/python.exe python2.4 PATH=.:$PATH sh setuptools-0.6c9-py2.4.egg rm python2.4 Downloads ========= All setuptools downloads can be found at `the project's home page in the Python Package Index`_. Scroll to the very bottom of the page to find the links. .. _the project's home page in the Python Package Index: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/setuptools#files In addition to the PyPI downloads, the development version of ``setuptools`` is available from the `Python SVN sandbox`_, and in-development versions of the `0.6 branch`_ are available as well. .. _0.6 branch: http://svn.python.org/projects/sandbox/branches/setuptools-0.6/#egg=setuptools-dev06 .. _Python SVN sandbox: http://svn.python.org/projects/sandbox/trunk/setuptools/#egg=setuptools-dev -------------------------------- Using Setuptools and EasyInstall -------------------------------- Here are some of the available manuals, tutorials, and other resources for learning about Setuptools, Python Eggs, and EasyInstall: * `The EasyInstall user's guide and reference manual`_ * `The setuptools Developer's Guide`_ * `The pkg_resources API reference`_ * `Package Compatibility Notes`_ (user-maintained) * `The Internal Structure of Python Eggs`_ Questions, comments, and bug reports should be directed to the `distutils-sig mailing list`_. If you have written (or know of) any tutorials, documentation, plug-ins, or other resources for setuptools users, please let us know about them there, so this reference list can be updated. If you have working, *tested* patches to correct problems or add features, you may submit them to the `setuptools bug tracker`_. .. _setuptools bug tracker: http://bugs.python.org/setuptools/ .. _Package Compatibility Notes: http://peak.telecommunity.com/DevCenter/PackageNotes .. _The Internal Structure of Python Eggs: http://peak.telecommunity.com/DevCenter/EggFormats .. _The setuptools Developer's Guide: http://peak.telecommunity.com/DevCenter/setuptools .. _The pkg_resources API reference: http://peak.telecommunity.com/DevCenter/PkgResources .. _The EasyInstall user's guide and reference manual: http://peak.telecommunity.com/DevCenter/EasyInstall .. _distutils-sig mailing list: http://mail.python.org/pipermail/distutils-sig/ ------- Credits ------- * The original design for the ``.egg`` format and the ``pkg_resources`` API was co-created by Phillip Eby and Bob Ippolito. Bob also implemented the first version of ``pkg_resources``, and supplied the OS X operating system version compatibility algorithm. * Ian Bicking implemented many early "creature comfort" features of easy_install, including support for downloading via Sourceforge and Subversion repositories. Ian's comments on the Web-SIG about WSGI application deployment also inspired the concept of "entry points" in eggs, and he has given talks at PyCon and elsewhere to inform and educate the community about eggs and setuptools. * Jim Fulton contributed time and effort to build automated tests of various aspects of ``easy_install``, and supplied the doctests for the command-line ``.exe`` wrappers on Windows. * Phillip J. Eby is the principal author and maintainer of setuptools, and first proposed the idea of an importable binary distribution format for Python application plug-ins. * Significant parts of the implementation of setuptools were funded by the Open Source Applications Foundation, to provide a plug-in infrastructure for the Chandler PIM application. In addition, many OSAF staffers (such as Mike "Code Bear" Taylor) contributed their time and stress as guinea pigs for the use of eggs and setuptools, even before eggs were "cool". (Thanks, guys!) .. _files: