Top "Setuptools" questions

Setuptools builds on Python’s distutils to provide easier building, distribution, and installation of libraries and applications.

setuptools vs. distutils: why is distutils still a thing?

Python has a confusing history of tools that can be used to package and describe projects: these include distutils in …

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How to solve pkg_resources.VersionConflict error during bin/python bootstrap.py -d

I am tring to create a new plone environment using python plone-devstart.py tool. I got a bootstrap error. So …

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How can I install packages hosted in a private PyPI using setup.py?

I'm trying to write the setup.py install file for a private project, which has both public and private dependencies. …

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PyCharm does not recognize modules installed in development mode

I have two pure python projects in PyCharm 3.4.1 Professional Edition. The first one, let's call it p (like package), is …

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pip ignores dependency_links in setup.py

I have dependency_links in my setup.py: ... dependency_links = ['http://github.com/robot-republic/python-s3/tarball/master.tar.gz#egg=…

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Managing resources in a Python project

I have a Python project in which I am using many non-code files. Currently these are all images, but I …

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Why is pip installing an old version of my package?

I've just uploaded a new version of my package to PyPi (1.2.1.0-r4): I can download the egg file and install …

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Latest 'pip' fails with "requires setuptools >= 0.8 for dist-info"

Using the recent (1.5) version of pip, I get an error when attempting to update several packages. For example, sudo pip …

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Post-install script with Python setuptools

Is it possible to specify a post-install Python script file as part of the setuptools setup.py file so that …

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Upgrading setuptools on OSX El Capitan

I'm trying to upgrade setuptools. Well actually I'm trying to upgrade ansible but it's trying to upgrade setuptools and failing. …

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