Change default dist folder with setuptools

python directory packaging setuptools
nam picture nam · Nov 30, 2012 · Viewed 11.1k times · Source

I'm using setuptools 0.6 to package my code. By default when I type python setup.py sdist, the tool creates a folder dist directly in the same folder of my script. What I can do to change this default folder? Edit: Another question is, if my setup script and my package folder are not in the same folder, what can I do to specify the exact path of the package? Thanks

Answer

Martijn Pieters picture Martijn Pieters · Nov 30, 2012

Use the --dist-dir=[differentdir] option. From python setup.py sdist --help:

  --dist-dir (-d)   directory to put the source distribution archive(s) in
                    [default: dist]

You can specify the top-level package directory with the package_dir keyword argument to setup():

package_dir = {'': 'src'},

I can recommend the Python Packaging User Guide for a good tutorial on how to package your python projects.

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