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| 2 | :mod:`distutils` --- Building and installing Python modules |
| 3 | =========================================================== |
| 4 | |
| 5 | .. module:: distutils |
| 6 | :synopsis: Support for building and installing Python modules into an existing Python |
| 7 | installation. |
| 8 | .. sectionauthor:: Fred L. Drake, Jr. <fdrake@acm.org> |
| 9 | |
| 10 | |
| 11 | The :mod:`distutils` package provides support for building and installing |
| 12 | additional modules into a Python installation. The new modules may be either |
| 13 | 100%-pure Python, or may be extension modules written in C, or may be |
| 14 | collections of Python packages which include modules coded in both Python and C. |
| 15 | |
| 16 | This package is discussed in two separate chapters: |
| 17 | |
| 18 | |
| 19 | .. seealso:: |
| 20 | |
| 21 | :ref:`distutils-index` |
| 22 | The manual for developers and packagers of Python modules. This describes how |
| 23 | to prepare :mod:`distutils`\ -based packages so that they may be easily |
| 24 | installed into an existing Python installation. |
| 25 | |
| 26 | :ref:`install-index` |
| 27 | An "administrators" manual which includes information on installing modules into |
| 28 | an existing Python installation. You do not need to be a Python programmer to |
| 29 | read this manual. |
| 30 | |