Python package recipe

python-package.md

Sources

Differences between distribute, distutils, setuptools and distutils2?

Why does setup.py develop not work?

Removing python module installed in develop mode

Install virtualenv

$ pip install virtualenv

Create virtual environment

$ virtualenv .venv

Install setuptools (a distutils enhancement)

setuptools

Create setup.py

from setuptools import setup

setup(name='Python Package'
      version='0.1',
      description='Python Package',
      author='Author',
      author_email='Email',
      url='',
      py_modules=['pkg.mod1', 'pkg.mod2'],
     )

Install package in development mode

$ python setup.py develop

Uninstall package from the development mode

$ python setup.py develop --uninstall