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From: Harry George <harry.g.george at boeing.com>
Subject: Re: something like CPAN, PPMs?
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Alex Gittens <swiftset at gmail.com> writes:

> I'm new to Python from Perl, and loving it. Has there ever been any
> discussion of creating a similar resource as CPAN for Python, or a
> similar distribution method as PPMs? Seems like it would make a great
> language even better.
> 
> Alex
> -- 
> http://tangentspace.net/cz

CPAN:
1. A lot of the CPAN subject matter is in the base python installation.

2. Much of the remainder is associated with projects which are doing
   something else and happen to provide python bindings.

3. That leaves python-specific libraries as
   candidates for a CPAN.  See:
http://www.python.org/pypi
(see also http://www.python.org/sigs/catalog-sig/)
http://www.vex.net/parnassus/  (the original classic)

PPM:
The typical python install is:
   a) unzip and untar
   b) run "python setup.py install"

So what you are looking for is setup.py, and its module, distutils
http://docs.python.org/lib/module-distutils.html


   

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