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+.. _distutils_examples:
+
+******************
+Distutils Examples
+******************
+
+.. include:: ./_setuptools_disclaimer.rst
+
+This chapter provides a number of basic examples to help get started with
+distutils. Additional information about using distutils can be found in the
+Distutils Cookbook.
+
+
+.. seealso::
+
+ `Distutils Cookbook <https://wiki.python.org/moin/Distutils/Cookbook>`_
+ Collection of recipes showing how to achieve more control over distutils.
+
+
+.. _pure-mod:
+
+Pure Python distribution (by module)
+====================================
+
+If you're just distributing a couple of modules, especially if they don't live
+in a particular package, you can specify them individually using the
+``py_modules`` option in the setup script.
+
+In the simplest case, you'll have two files to worry about: a setup script and
+the single module you're distributing, :file:`foo.py` in this example::
+
+ <root>/
+ setup.py
+ foo.py
+
+(In all diagrams in this section, *<root>* will refer to the distribution root
+directory.) A minimal setup script to describe this situation would be::
+
+ from distutils.core import setup
+ setup(name='foo',
+ version='1.0',
+ py_modules=['foo'],
+ )
+
+Note that the name of the distribution is specified independently with the
+``name`` option, and there's no rule that says it has to be the same as
+the name of the sole module in the distribution (although that's probably a good
+convention to follow). However, the distribution name is used to generate
+filenames, so you should stick to letters, digits, underscores, and hyphens.
+
+Since ``py_modules`` is a list, you can of course specify multiple
+modules, eg. if you're distributing modules ``foo`` and ``bar``, your
+setup might look like this::
+
+ <root>/
+ setup.py
+ foo.py
+ bar.py
+
+and the setup script might be ::
+
+ from distutils.core import setup
+ setup(name='foobar',
+ version='1.0',
+ py_modules=['foo', 'bar'],
+ )
+
+You can put module source files into another directory, but if you have enough
+modules to do that, it's probably easier to specify modules by package rather
+than listing them individually.
+
+
+.. _pure-pkg:
+
+Pure Python distribution (by package)
+=====================================
+
+If you have more than a couple of modules to distribute, especially if they are
+in multiple packages, it's probably easier to specify whole packages rather than
+individual modules. This works even if your modules are not in a package; you
+can just tell the Distutils to process modules from the root package, and that
+works the same as any other package (except that you don't have to have an
+:file:`__init__.py` file).
+
+The setup script from the last example could also be written as ::
+
+ from distutils.core import setup
+ setup(name='foobar',
+ version='1.0',
+ packages=[''],
+ )
+
+(The empty string stands for the root package.)
+
+If those two files are moved into a subdirectory, but remain in the root
+package, e.g.::
+
+ <root>/
+ setup.py
+ src/ foo.py
+ bar.py
+
+then you would still specify the root package, but you have to tell the
+Distutils where source files in the root package live::
+
+ from distutils.core import setup
+ setup(name='foobar',
+ version='1.0',
+ package_dir={'': 'src'},
+ packages=[''],
+ )
+
+More typically, though, you will want to distribute multiple modules in the same
+package (or in sub-packages). For example, if the ``foo`` and ``bar``
+modules belong in package ``foobar``, one way to layout your source tree is
+::
+
+ <root>/
+ setup.py
+ foobar/
+ __init__.py
+ foo.py
+ bar.py
+
+This is in fact the default layout expected by the Distutils, and the one that
+requires the least work to describe in your setup script::
+
+ from distutils.core import setup
+ setup(name='foobar',
+ version='1.0',
+ packages=['foobar'],
+ )
+
+If you want to put modules in directories not named for their package, then you
+need to use the ``package_dir`` option again. For example, if the
+:file:`src` directory holds modules in the ``foobar`` package::
+
+ <root>/
+ setup.py
+ src/
+ __init__.py
+ foo.py
+ bar.py
+
+an appropriate setup script would be ::
+
+ from distutils.core import setup
+ setup(name='foobar',
+ version='1.0',
+ package_dir={'foobar': 'src'},
+ packages=['foobar'],
+ )
+
+Or, you might put modules from your main package right in the distribution
+root::
+
+ <root>/
+ setup.py
+ __init__.py
+ foo.py
+ bar.py
+
+in which case your setup script would be ::
+
+ from distutils.core import setup
+ setup(name='foobar',
+ version='1.0',
+ package_dir={'foobar': ''},
+ packages=['foobar'],
+ )
+
+(The empty string also stands for the current directory.)
+
+If you have sub-packages, they must be explicitly listed in ``packages``,
+but any entries in ``package_dir`` automatically extend to sub-packages.
+(In other words, the Distutils does *not* scan your source tree, trying to
+figure out which directories correspond to Python packages by looking for
+:file:`__init__.py` files.) Thus, if the default layout grows a sub-package::
+
+ <root>/
+ setup.py
+ foobar/
+ __init__.py
+ foo.py
+ bar.py
+ subfoo/
+ __init__.py
+ blah.py
+
+then the corresponding setup script would be ::
+
+ from distutils.core import setup
+ setup(name='foobar',
+ version='1.0',
+ packages=['foobar', 'foobar.subfoo'],
+ )
+
+
+.. _single-ext:
+
+Single extension module
+=======================
+
+Extension modules are specified using the ``ext_modules`` option.
+``package_dir`` has no effect on where extension source files are found;
+it only affects the source for pure Python modules. The simplest case, a
+single extension module in a single C source file, is::
+
+ <root>/
+ setup.py
+ foo.c
+
+If the ``foo`` extension belongs in the root package, the setup script for
+this could be ::
+
+ from distutils.core import setup
+ from distutils.extension import Extension
+ setup(name='foobar',
+ version='1.0',
+ ext_modules=[Extension('foo', ['foo.c'])],
+ )
+
+If the extension actually belongs in a package, say ``foopkg``, then
+
+With exactly the same source tree layout, this extension can be put in the
+``foopkg`` package simply by changing the name of the extension::
+
+ from distutils.core import setup
+ from distutils.extension import Extension
+ setup(name='foobar',
+ version='1.0',
+ ext_modules=[Extension('foopkg.foo', ['foo.c'])],
+ )
+
+Checking a package
+==================
+
+The ``check`` command allows you to verify if your package meta-data
+meet the minimum requirements to build a distribution.
+
+To run it, just call it using your :file:`setup.py` script. If something is
+missing, ``check`` will display a warning.
+
+Let's take an example with a simple script::
+
+ from distutils.core import setup
+
+ setup(name='foobar')
+
+Running the ``check`` command will display some warnings:
+
+.. code-block:: shell-session
+
+ $ python setup.py check
+ running check
+ warning: check: missing required meta-data: version, url
+ warning: check: missing meta-data: either (author and author_email) or
+ (maintainer and maintainer_email) should be supplied
+
+
+If you use the reStructuredText syntax in the ``long_description`` field and
+`docutils`_ is installed you can check if the syntax is fine with the
+``check`` command, using the ``restructuredtext`` option.
+
+For example, if the :file:`setup.py` script is changed like this::
+
+ from distutils.core import setup
+
+ desc = """\
+ My description
+ ==============
+
+ This is the description of the ``foobar`` package.
+ """
+
+ setup(name='foobar', version='1', author='tarek',
+ author_email='tarek@ziade.org',
+ url='http://example.com', long_description=desc)
+
+Where the long description is broken, ``check`` will be able to detect it
+by using the :mod:`docutils` parser:
+
+.. code-block:: shell-session
+
+ $ python setup.py check --restructuredtext
+ running check
+ warning: check: Title underline too short. (line 2)
+ warning: check: Could not finish the parsing.
+
+Reading the metadata
+=====================
+
+The :func:`distutils.core.setup` function provides a command-line interface
+that allows you to query the metadata fields of a project through the
+``setup.py`` script of a given project:
+
+.. code-block:: shell-session
+
+ $ python setup.py --name
+ distribute
+
+This call reads the ``name`` metadata by running the
+:func:`distutils.core.setup` function. Although, when a source or binary
+distribution is created with Distutils, the metadata fields are written
+in a static file called :file:`PKG-INFO`. When a Distutils-based project is
+installed in Python, the :file:`PKG-INFO` file is copied alongside the modules
+and packages of the distribution under :file:`NAME-VERSION-pyX.X.egg-info`,
+where ``NAME`` is the name of the project, ``VERSION`` its version as defined
+in the Metadata, and ``pyX.X`` the major and minor version of Python like
+``2.7`` or ``3.2``.
+
+You can read back this static file, by using the
+:class:`distutils.dist.DistributionMetadata` class and its
+:func:`~distutils.dist.DistributionMetadata.read_pkg_file` method::
+
+ >>> from distutils.dist import DistributionMetadata
+ >>> metadata = DistributionMetadata()
+ >>> metadata.read_pkg_file(open('distribute-0.6.8-py2.7.egg-info'))
+ >>> metadata.name
+ 'distribute'
+ >>> metadata.version
+ '0.6.8'
+ >>> metadata.description
+ 'Easily download, build, install, upgrade, and uninstall Python packages'
+
+Notice that the class can also be instantiated with a metadata file path to
+loads its values::
+
+ >>> pkg_info_path = 'distribute-0.6.8-py2.7.egg-info'
+ >>> DistributionMetadata(pkg_info_path).name
+ 'distribute'
+
+
+.. % \section{Multiple extension modules}
+.. % \label{multiple-ext}
+
+.. % \section{Putting it all together}
+
+
+.. _docutils: http://docutils.sourceforge.net