dxm escribió: > I am a new comer to python. > I am wondering how setup.py works. > For example, I have a directory like this: > / > setup.py > mymodule.c > > where setup.py is: > > from distutils.core import setup, Extension > > mod = Extension('mymodule', sources = ['mymodule.c']) > > setup (name = 'Package', > version = '1.0', > description = 'This is a demo package', > ext_modules = [mod]) > > The correct way to install the newly created extension module is to > type > python setup.py install instead of executing those statements in > python shell, isn't it ? > My question is how additional arguments like 'build', 'install' are > passed into python and how > can I install it from interactively from python shell >
Here you can read the documentation of "setuptools" , the package from where setup.py comes. http://peak.telecommunity.com/DevCenter/setuptools -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list