| :mod:`distutils` --- Building and installing Python modules |
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| .. module:: distutils |
| :synopsis: Support for building and installing Python modules into an |
| existing Python installation. |
| .. sectionauthor:: Fred L. Drake, Jr. <fdrake@acm.org> |
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| 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. |
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| User documentation and API reference are provided in another document: |
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| .. seealso:: |
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| :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. If also contains |
| instructions for end-users wanting to install a distutils-based package, |
| :ref:`install-index`. |