distutils.core.setup console script entry point?

Question

I used to distribute my python programs with setuptools.setup. But now I want to use distutils.core.setup.

With setuptools I used a code similar to this:

setup(
    name = "radish",
    version = "0.01.00",
    description = "Behaviour-Driven-Development tool for python",
    author = "Timo Furrer",
    author_email = "[email protected]",
    url = "http://github.com/timofurrer/radish",
    packages = [ "radish", "radish/Writers" ],
    entry_points = { "console_scripts": [ "radish = radish.main:main", ] },
    package_data = { "radish": [ "*.md" ] }
    ...
)

I want to do the same with distutils - but there is no entry_points available. How can I manage this? How can I specify my new command?

Martijn Pieters · Accepted Answer · 2013-10-22 08:41:51Z

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You can't, not with distutils. It does not support entry_points, that's a setuptools-only feature.

Use setuptools instead; it supports Python 3.

edited Oct 22, 2013 at 8:41

answered Dec 22, 2012 at 10:32

Martijn Pieters

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tuxtimo Over a year ago

Okay, thank you! So, distutils can only be used to install python modules and not to install "commands"?!

Martijn Pieters Over a year ago

Exactly; distutils is also present in Python 2. setuptools is an extension to distutils.

guettli Over a year ago

Since July 2013 setuptools is the way to go.

Martijn Pieters Over a year ago

@guettli: Indeed; distutils and setuptools have merged

merwok · Accepted Answer · 2012-12-24 19:34:31Z

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With distutils, scripts are just files, like this example:

#!/usr/bin/env python
from radish.main import main
main()

In your setup script, you use the scripts parameter to list these files.

This works great on Unix and can work on Windows if people/installers set up file associations properly (no binary wrappers are generated, like what setuptools does). A .py extension will be needed for Windows, and will be okay (unneeded and for many people ugly) on Unix.

Far from perfect, but can work if you audience is developers for example, or doesn’t use Windows.

answered Dec 24, 2012 at 19:34

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