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+\section{\module{distutils} ---
+         Building and installing Python modules}
+
+\declaremodule{standard}{distutils}
+\modulesynopsis{Support for building and installing Python modules
+                into an existing Python installation.}
+\sectionauthor{Fred L. Drake, Jr.}{fdrake@acm.org}
+
+
+The \module{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 documents which are included
+in the Python documentation package.  To learn about distributing new
+modules using the \module{distutils} facilities, read
+\citetitle[../dist/dist.html]{Distributing Python Modules}.  To learn
+about installing Python modules, whether or not the author made use of
+the \module{distutils} package, read
+\citetitle[../inst/inst.html]{Installing Python Modules}.
+
+
+\begin{seealso}
+  \seetitle[../dist/dist.html]{Distributing Python Modules}{The manual
+            for developers and packagers of Python modules.  This
+            describes how to prepare \module{distutils}-based packages
+            so that they may be easily installed into an existing
+            Python installaion.}
+
+  \seetitle[../inst/inst.html]{Installing Python Modules}{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.}
+\end{seealso}