Installing Python Modules

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Contents

• Contents
• 1 Introduction
  • 1.1 Best case: trivial installation
  • 1.2 The new standard: Distutils
  • 1.3 The old way: no standards
• 2 Standard Build and Install
  • 2.1 Platform variations
  • 2.2 Splitting the job up
  • 2.3 How building works
  • 2.4 How installation works
• 3 Building Extensions: Tips and Tricks
  • 3.1 Tweaking compiler/linker flags
  • 3.2 Using non-Microsoft compilers on Windows
• 4 Alternate Installation
  • 4.1 Alternate installation: Unix (the home scheme)
  • 4.2 Alternate installation: Unix (the prefix scheme)
  • 4.3 Alternate installation: Windows
  • 4.4 Alternate installation: Mac OS
• 5 Custom Installation
• 6 Distutils Configuration Files
• 7 Pre-Distutils Conventions
  • 7.1 The Makefile.pre.in file
  • 7.2 Installing modules manually
• About this document ...

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Installing Python Modules

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