peter wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
> I've have following problem
> 
> the layout of my program is the following:
> setup.py
> project_dev/__init__.py
> project_dev/someModule.py
> 
> now I want to make a source-installer so python setup.py install will
> give the following directory stucture:
> 
> site-packages/project_user/__init__.py
> site-packages/project_user/someModule.py
> 
> notice the namechange from project_dev to project_user
> 
> how do I achieve a namechange from project_dev to project_user???
> 
> I've tried several different versions of command package_dir options in
> the setup function:
> package_dir = {'project_user': 'project_dev'}
> also package_dir = {'project_dev':'project_user'}
> both without any success.  (relatively unintuitive option this is)
> 
> Can anybody give the correct way to achieve a directory-renaming when
> creating an installer?

Works just fine for me.

from distutils.core import *

setup(name='somePackage',
       packages = ['project_user'], # <- Are you sure you have this?
       package_dir = {'project_user': 'project_dev'},
)

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