%general-entities; ]> Setuptools Setuptools is a fully-featured, actively-maintained, and stable library designed to facilitate packaging Python projects. &lfs77_checked; Package Information Download (HTTP): Download (FTP): Download MD5 sum: &setuptools-md5sum; Download size: &setuptools-size; Estimated disk space required: &setuptools-buildsize; Estimated build time: &setuptools-time; Setuptools Dependencies Required or User Notes: Both Python 2 and Python 3 modules can be built and installed without any conflicts. To install Setuptools for Python 2, run the following command as the root user: python setup.py install --optimize=1 To install Setuptools for Python 3, run the following command as the root user: sed -i "s:easy_install:&3:" setup.py && python3 setup.py install --optimize=1 Run the tests by issuing python setup.py test and/or python3 setup.py test. The tests need an active internet connexion. Optional python modules mock, pytest and py will be downloaded and installed during the tests. sed -i "s:easy_install:&3:g" setup.py: This sed prevents setup.py from overwriting an already installed script by the Python 2 module. Remove it if you are building this module only for Python 3. Installed Programs Installed Library Installed Directory easy_install, easy_install-&python2-majorver;, and/or easy_install3, easy_install3-&python3-majorver; setuptools-&setuptools-version;-py&python2-majorver;.egg and/or setuptools-&setuptools-version;-py&python3-majorver;.egg None