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18.12 <tt class=
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Building and installing Python modules
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The
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</tt> package provides support for building and
installing additional modules into a Python installation. The new
modules may be either
100%-pure Python, or may be extension modules
written in C, or may be collections of Python packages which include
modules coded in both Python and C.
This package is discussed in two separate documents which are included
in the Python documentation package. To learn about distributing new
modules using the
<tt class=
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title=
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>Distributing Python Modules
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includes documentation needed to extend distutils. To learn
about installing Python modules, whether or not the author made use of
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title=
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describes how to prepare
<tt class=
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so that they may be easily installed into an existing
Python installation.
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