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+:mod:`distutils` --- Building and installing Python modules
+===========================================================
+
+.. module:: distutils
+   :synopsis: Support for building and installing Python modules into an existing Python
+              installation.
+.. sectionauthor:: Fred L. Drake, Jr. <fdrake@acm.org>
+
+
+The :mod:`distutils` package provides support for building and installing
+additional modules into a Python installation.  The new modules may be either
+100%-pure Python, or may be extension modules written in C, or may be
+collections of Python packages which include modules coded in both Python and C.
+
+This package is discussed in two separate chapters:
+
+
+.. seealso::
+
+   :ref:`distutils-index`
+      The manual for developers and packagers of Python modules.  This describes how
+      to prepare :mod:`distutils`\ -based packages so that they may be easily
+      installed into an existing Python installation.
+
+   :ref:`install-index`
+      An "administrators" manual which includes information on installing modules into
+      an existing Python installation. You do not need to be a Python programmer to
+      read this manual.
+