On 3 Dec 2013 02:01, "Imran M Yousuf" <im...@smitsol.com> wrote: > > Thanks for the suggestion Paul. Wheel structures exactly as I want it > to be, but I see it does not generate the entry point scripts; any > idea how to get them to work?
Those are platform dependent, so the installer generates them at install time based on the metadata in the wheel. Cheers, Nick. > > Thank you, > > Imran > > On Mon, Dec 2, 2013 at 7:59 PM, Paul Moore <p.f.mo...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On 2 December 2013 07:53, Imran M Yousuf <im...@smitsol.com> wrote: > >> Hi, > >> > >> I am new to setuptools. I am using it to build and package a project > >> of mine. Currently if I execute `python setup.py bdist` it generates a > >> tarball with all files located in paths > >> './abs/path/to/project/bin/[entry points]' and > >> './abs/path/to/project/lib/python-2.7/site-packages/[rest of the > >> sources]'. This does not seem to be logical :(, I would rather want > >> the binary distribution to be structure - > >> './project-name/bin/' and './project-name/lib/'. > >> > >> Can some please advise me how to achieve it? I am using VirtualEnv for > >> development of this project and its setup.py looks like - > >> > >> from setuptools import setup, find_packages > >> > >> setup(name='project-name', > >> version='1.0', > >> description='Description', > >> author='Imran M Yousuf', > >> author_email='im...@smitsol.com', > >> url='http://www.smitsol.com', > >> install_requires = ['setuptools', 'pycrypto==2.6'], > >> packages=find_packages('src', ["tests"]), > >> package_dir={'': 'src'}, > >> test_suite="tests", > >> entry_points={ > >> 'console_scripts': ['manager=client.manager:main'] > >> } > >> ) > > > > Install the wheel project and use bdist_wheel instead of a simple > > bdist. Also, use the sdist (source distribution) command to create a > > source package (that needs a compiler to build). Binary packages are > > only compatible with the platform/Python version they are built on, so > > you may want to make multiple wheels, depending on what platforms you > > are targeting. > > > > From what you provide, I'm not 100% sure if you have C code in your > > project, actually. If you don't, then a sdist is sufficient - although > > a wheel might be worth uploading as well (pure Python wheels are > > cross-platform). > > > > The plain bdist command produces a "dumb" binary distribution, which > > is obsolete, and frankly useless. > > Paul > > > > -- > Imran M Yousuf > Entrepreneur & CEO > Smart IT Solution > http://smitsol.com > 25/5B, Block F, Haji Chinu Miah Road Bylane > Joint Quarter, Mohammadpur > Dhaka - 1207, Bangladesh > Email: im...@smitsol.com > Twitter: @imyousuf - http://twitter.com/imyousuf > Skype: imyousuf > Blog: http://imyousuf-tech.blogs.smartitengineering.com/ > Mobile: +880-1711402557 > +880-1746119494 > _______________________________________________ > Distutils-SIG maillist - Distutils-SIG@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/distutils-sig
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