Is distutils for me?
Kirk Strauser
kirk at strauser.com
Tue Oct 21 16:10:07 EDT 2003
I'm preparing to release a new version of some software I've written. It
looks like using distutils and setup.py would be a very handy way to provide
an installer for end-users, but I've never used it before and I'm confused
about a few things.
First, a little about my program. It's divided into a few discrete parts:
1) A package containing the core functionality of the system:
Newtrino/Blackhole.py
Newtrino/MD5.py
Newtrino/__init__.py
Newtrino/conversion.py
Newtrino/DNS/NSUpdate.py
Newtrino/DNS/__init__.py
Newtrino/Storage/PostgreSQL.py
Newtrino/Storage/__init__.py
2) A configuration file:
config-sample.py
3) Command-line utilities that use all of the above:
newtrino.py
wormhole.py
The distutils documentation is pretty clear on how to write a setup.py that
will install the core package into the user's sys.path. However, I also
want to install the command-line utilities somewhere into their $PATH, and
put the config file into either /usr/local/etc or /etc.
My main questions are:
How can I write a setup() function that creates a distribution archive with
both of #1 and #3 above instead of one archive for #1 and another for #3?
Assuming there's a pre-build way of installing #2 into an appropriate
directory, what's the Python-esque way of making the installer tell #1 where
it's located? Or do I need to write a separate Configuration.py module that
does something like:
for directory in ['/usr/local/etc', '/etc/newtrino', '/etc']:
configfile = '%s/config-file.conf' % directory
if configfile exists:
load it
I appreciate any pointers - I really want to make a distribution that's as
easy as possible for end-users to install.
--
Kirk Strauser
The Strauser Group
Open. Solutions. Simple.
http://www.strausergroup.com/
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