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diff --git a/docs/deprecated/distutils/examples.rst b/docs/deprecated/distutils/examples.rst new file mode 100644 index 00000000..d0984655 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/deprecated/distutils/examples.rst @@ -0,0 +1,340 @@ +.. _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 |