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It’s not necessarily binary, though, because it might contain only Python source code and/or byte-code; and we don’t call it a package, because that word is already spoken for in Python. (And “installer” is a term specific to the world of mainstream desktop systems.)</p> <p>A built distribution is how you make life as easy as possible for installers of your module distribution: for users of RPM-based Linux systems, it’s a binary RPM; for Windows users, it’s an executable installer; for Debian-based Linux users, it’s a Debian package; and so forth. Obviously, no one person will be able to create built distributions for every platform under the sun, so the Distutils are designed to enable module developers to concentrate on their specialty—writing code and creating source distributions—while an intermediary species called <em>packagers</em> springs up to turn source distributions into built distributions for as many platforms as there are packagers.</p> <p>Of course, the module developer could be his own packager; or the packager could be a volunteer “out there” somewhere who has access to a platform which the original developer does not; or it could be software periodically grabbing new source distributions and turning them into built distributions for as many platforms as the software has access to. Regardless of who they are, a packager uses the setup script and the <strong class="command">bdist</strong> command family to generate built distributions.</p> <p>As a simple example, if I run the following command in the Distutils source tree:</p> <div class="highlight-python"><pre>python setup.py bdist</pre> </div> <p>then the Distutils builds my module distribution (the Distutils itself in this case), does a “fake” installation (also in the <tt class="file docutils literal"><span class="pre">build</span></tt> directory), and creates the default type of built distribution for my platform. The default format for built distributions is a “dumb” tar file on Unix, and a simple executable installer on Windows. (That tar file is considered “dumb” because it has to be unpacked in a specific location to work.)</p> <p>Thus, the above command on a Unix system creates <tt class="file docutils literal"><span class="pre">Distutils-1.0.</span><em><span class="pre">plat</span></em><span class="pre">.tar.gz</span></tt>; unpacking this tarball from the right place installs the Distutils just as though you had downloaded the source distribution and run <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">python</span> <span class="pre">setup.py</span> <span class="pre">install</span></tt>. (The “right place” is either the root of the filesystem or Python’s <tt class="file docutils literal"><em><span class="pre">prefix</span></em></tt> directory, depending on the options given to the <strong class="command">bdist_dumb</strong> command; the default is to make dumb distributions relative to <tt class="file docutils literal"><em><span class="pre">prefix</span></em></tt>.)</p> <p>Obviously, for pure Python distributions, this isn’t any simpler than just running <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">python</span> <span class="pre">setup.py</span> <span class="pre">install</span></tt>—but for non-pure distributions, which include extensions that would need to be compiled, it can mean the difference between someone being able to use your extensions or not. And creating “smart” built distributions, such as an RPM package or an executable installer for Windows, is far more convenient for users even if your distribution doesn’t include any extensions.</p> <p>The <strong class="command">bdist</strong> command has a <em class="xref std std-option">--formats</em> option, similar to the <strong class="command">sdist</strong> command, which you can use to select the types of built distribution to generate: for example,</p> <div class="highlight-python"><pre>python setup.py bdist --format=zip</pre> </div> <p>would, when run on a Unix system, create <tt class="file docutils literal"><span class="pre">Distutils-1.0.</span><em><span class="pre">plat</span></em><span class="pre">.zip</span></tt>—again, this archive would be unpacked from the root directory to install the Distutils.</p> <p>The available formats for built distributions are:</p> <table border="1" class="docutils"> <colgroup> <col width="25%" /> <col width="58%" /> <col width="17%" /> </colgroup> <thead valign="bottom"> <tr class="row-odd"><th class="head">Format</th> <th class="head">Description</th> <th class="head">Notes</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody valign="top"> <tr class="row-even"><td><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">gztar</span></tt></td> <td>gzipped tar file (<tt class="file docutils literal"><span class="pre">.tar.gz</span></tt>)</td> <td>(1),(3)</td> </tr> <tr class="row-odd"><td><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">ztar</span></tt></td> <td>compressed tar file (<tt class="file docutils literal"><span class="pre">.tar.Z</span></tt>)</td> <td>(3)</td> </tr> <tr class="row-even"><td><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">tar</span></tt></td> <td>tar file (<tt class="file docutils literal"><span class="pre">.tar</span></tt>)</td> <td>(3)</td> </tr> <tr class="row-odd"><td><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">zip</span></tt></td> <td>zip file (<tt class="file docutils literal"><span class="pre">.zip</span></tt>)</td> <td>(2),(4)</td> </tr> <tr class="row-even"><td><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">rpm</span></tt></td> <td>RPM</td> <td>(5)</td> </tr> <tr class="row-odd"><td><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">pkgtool</span></tt></td> <td>Solaris <strong class="program">pkgtool</strong></td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr class="row-even"><td><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">sdux</span></tt></td> <td>HP-UX <strong class="program">swinstall</strong></td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr class="row-odd"><td><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">wininst</span></tt></td> <td>self-extracting ZIP file for Windows</td> <td>(4)</td> </tr> <tr class="row-even"><td><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">msi</span></tt></td> <td>Microsoft Installer.</td> <td> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>Notes:</p> <ol class="arabic simple"> <li>default on Unix</li> <li>default on Windows</li> <li>requires external utilities: <strong class="program">tar</strong> and possibly one of <strong class="program">gzip</strong>, <strong class="program">bzip2</strong>, or <strong class="program">compress</strong></li> <li>requires either external <strong class="program">zip</strong> utility or <a class="reference internal" href="../library/zipfile.html#module-zipfile" title="zipfile: Read and write ZIP-format archive files."><tt class="xref py py-mod docutils literal"><span class="pre">zipfile</span></tt></a> module (part of the standard Python library since Python 1.6)</li> <li>requires external <strong class="program">rpm</strong> utility, version 3.0.4 or better (use <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">rpm</span> <span class="pre">--version</span></tt> to find out which version you have)</li> </ol> <p>You don’t have to use the <strong class="command">bdist</strong> command with the <em class="xref std std-option">--formats</em> option; you can also use the command that directly implements the format you’re interested in. Some of these <strong class="command">bdist</strong> “sub-commands” actually generate several similar formats; for instance, the <strong class="command">bdist_dumb</strong> command generates all the “dumb” archive formats (<tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">tar</span></tt>, <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">ztar</span></tt>, <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">gztar</span></tt>, and <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">zip</span></tt>), and <strong class="command">bdist_rpm</strong> generates both binary and source RPMs. The <strong class="command">bdist</strong> sub-commands, and the formats generated by each, are:</p> <table border="1" class="docutils"> <colgroup> <col width="53%" /> <col width="47%" /> </colgroup> <thead valign="bottom"> <tr class="row-odd"><th class="head">Command</th> <th class="head">Formats</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody valign="top"> <tr class="row-even"><td><strong class="command">bdist_dumb</strong></td> <td>tar, ztar, gztar, zip</td> </tr> <tr class="row-odd"><td><strong class="command">bdist_rpm</strong></td> <td>rpm, srpm</td> </tr> <tr class="row-even"><td><strong class="command">bdist_wininst</strong></td> <td>wininst</td> </tr> <tr class="row-odd"><td><strong class="command">bdist_msi</strong></td> <td>msi</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>The following sections give details on the individual <strong class="command">bdist_*</strong> commands.</p> <div class="section" id="creating-dumb-built-distributions"> <span id="creating-dumb"></span><h2>5.1. Creating dumb built distributions<a class="headerlink" href="#creating-dumb-built-distributions" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2> </div> <div class="section" id="creating-rpm-packages"> <span id="creating-rpms"></span><h2>5.2. Creating RPM packages<a class="headerlink" href="#creating-rpm-packages" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2> <p>The RPM format is used by many popular Linux distributions, including Red Hat, SuSE, and Mandrake. If one of these (or any of the other RPM-based Linux distributions) is your usual environment, creating RPM packages for other users of that same distribution is trivial. Depending on the complexity of your module distribution and differences between Linux distributions, you may also be able to create RPMs that work on different RPM-based distributions.</p> <p>The usual way to create an RPM of your module distribution is to run the <strong class="command">bdist_rpm</strong> command:</p> <div class="highlight-python"><pre>python setup.py bdist_rpm</pre> </div> <p>or the <strong class="command">bdist</strong> command with the <em class="xref std std-option">--format</em> option:</p> <div class="highlight-python"><pre>python setup.py bdist --formats=rpm</pre> </div> <p>The former allows you to specify RPM-specific options; the latter allows you to easily specify multiple formats in one run. If you need to do both, you can explicitly specify multiple <strong class="command">bdist_*</strong> commands and their options:</p> <div class="highlight-python"><pre>python setup.py bdist_rpm --packager="John Doe <jdoe@example.org>" \ bdist_wininst --target-version="2.0"</pre> </div> <p>Creating RPM packages is driven by a <tt class="file docutils literal"><span class="pre">.spec</span></tt> file, much as using the Distutils is driven by the setup script. To make your life easier, the <strong class="command">bdist_rpm</strong> command normally creates a <tt class="file docutils literal"><span class="pre">.spec</span></tt> file based on the information you supply in the setup script, on the command line, and in any Distutils configuration files. Various options and sections in the <tt class="file docutils literal"><span class="pre">.spec</span></tt> file are derived from options in the setup script as follows:</p> <table border="1" class="docutils"> <colgroup> <col width="48%" /> <col width="52%" /> </colgroup> <thead valign="bottom"> <tr class="row-odd"><th class="head">RPM <tt class="file docutils literal"><span class="pre">.spec</span></tt> file option or section</th> <th class="head">Distutils setup script option</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody valign="top"> <tr class="row-even"><td>Name</td> <td><em class="xref std std-option">name</em></td> </tr> <tr class="row-odd"><td>Summary (in preamble)</td> <td><em class="xref std std-option">description</em></td> </tr> <tr class="row-even"><td>Version</td> <td><em class="xref std std-option">version</em></td> </tr> <tr class="row-odd"><td>Vendor</td> <td><em class="xref std std-option">author</em> and <em class="xref std std-option">author_email</em>, or — & <em class="xref std std-option">maintainer</em> and <em class="xref std std-option">maintainer_email</em></td> </tr> <tr class="row-even"><td>Copyright</td> <td><em class="xref std std-option">license</em></td> </tr> <tr class="row-odd"><td>Url</td> <td><em class="xref std std-option">url</em></td> </tr> <tr class="row-even"><td>%description (section)</td> <td><em class="xref std std-option">long_description</em></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>Additionally, there are many options in <tt class="file docutils literal"><span class="pre">.spec</span></tt> files that don’t have corresponding options in the setup script. Most of these are handled through options to the <strong class="command">bdist_rpm</strong> command as follows:</p> <table border="1" class="docutils"> <colgroup> <col width="36%" /> <col width="34%" /> <col width="29%" /> </colgroup> <thead valign="bottom"> <tr class="row-odd"><th class="head">RPM <tt class="file docutils literal"><span class="pre">.spec</span></tt> file option or section</th> <th class="head"><strong class="command">bdist_rpm</strong> option</th> <th class="head">default value</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody valign="top"> <tr class="row-even"><td>Release</td> <td><em class="xref std std-option">release</em></td> <td>“1”</td> </tr> <tr class="row-odd"><td>Group</td> <td><em class="xref std std-option">group</em></td> <td>“Development/Libraries”</td> </tr> <tr class="row-even"><td>Vendor</td> <td><em class="xref std std-option">vendor</em></td> <td>(see above)</td> </tr> <tr class="row-odd"><td>Packager</td> <td><em class="xref std std-option">packager</em></td> <td>(none)</td> </tr> <tr class="row-even"><td>Provides</td> <td><em class="xref std std-option">provides</em></td> <td>(none)</td> </tr> <tr class="row-odd"><td>Requires</td> <td><em class="xref std std-option">requires</em></td> <td>(none)</td> </tr> <tr class="row-even"><td>Conflicts</td> <td><em class="xref std std-option">conflicts</em></td> <td>(none)</td> </tr> <tr class="row-odd"><td>Obsoletes</td> <td><em class="xref std std-option">obsoletes</em></td> <td>(none)</td> </tr> <tr class="row-even"><td>Distribution</td> <td><em class="xref std std-option">distribution_name</em></td> <td>(none)</td> </tr> <tr class="row-odd"><td>BuildRequires</td> <td><em class="xref std std-option">build_requires</em></td> <td>(none)</td> </tr> <tr class="row-even"><td>Icon</td> <td><em class="xref std std-option">icon</em></td> <td>(none)</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>Obviously, supplying even a few of these options on the command-line would be tedious and error-prone, so it’s usually best to put them in the setup configuration file, <tt class="file docutils literal"><span class="pre">setup.cfg</span></tt>—see section <a class="reference internal" href="configfile.html#setup-config"><em>Writing the Setup Configuration File</em></a>. If you distribute or package many Python module distributions, you might want to put options that apply to all of them in your personal Distutils configuration file (<tt class="file docutils literal"><span class="pre">~/.pydistutils.cfg</span></tt>). If you want to temporarily disable this file, you can pass the –no-user-cfg option to setup.py.</p> <p>There are three steps to building a binary RPM package, all of which are handled automatically by the Distutils:</p> <ol class="arabic simple"> <li>create a <tt class="file docutils literal"><span class="pre">.spec</span></tt> file, which describes the package (analogous to the Distutils setup script; in fact, much of the information in the setup script winds up in the <tt class="file docutils literal"><span class="pre">.spec</span></tt> file)</li> <li>create the source RPM</li> <li>create the “binary” RPM (which may or may not contain binary code, depending on whether your module distribution contains Python extensions)</li> </ol> <p>Normally, RPM bundles the last two steps together; when you use the Distutils, all three steps are typically bundled together.</p> <p>If you wish, you can separate these three steps. You can use the <em class="xref std std-option">--spec-only</em> option to make <strong class="command">bdist_rpm</strong> just create the <tt class="file docutils literal"><span class="pre">.spec</span></tt> file and exit; in this case, the <tt class="file docutils literal"><span class="pre">.spec</span></tt> file will be written to the “distribution directory”—normally <tt class="file docutils literal"><span class="pre">dist/</span></tt>, but customizable with the <em class="xref std std-option">--dist-dir</em> option. (Normally, the <tt class="file docutils literal"><span class="pre">.spec</span></tt> file winds up deep in the “build tree,” in a temporary directory created by <strong class="command">bdist_rpm</strong>.)</p> </div> <div class="section" id="creating-windows-installers"> <span id="creating-wininst"></span><h2>5.3. Creating Windows Installers<a class="headerlink" href="#creating-windows-installers" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2> <p>Executable installers are the natural format for binary distributions on Windows. They display a nice graphical user interface, display some information about the module distribution to be installed taken from the metadata in the setup script, let the user select a few options, and start or cancel the installation.</p> <p>Since the metadata is taken from the setup script, creating Windows installers is usually as easy as running:</p> <div class="highlight-python"><pre>python setup.py bdist_wininst</pre> </div> <p>or the <strong class="command">bdist</strong> command with the <em class="xref std std-option">--formats</em> option:</p> <div class="highlight-python"><pre>python setup.py bdist --formats=wininst</pre> </div> <p>If you have a pure module distribution (only containing pure Python modules and packages), the resulting installer will be version independent and have a name like <tt class="file docutils literal"><span class="pre">foo-1.0.win32.exe</span></tt>. These installers can even be created on Unix platforms or Mac OS X.</p> <p>If you have a non-pure distribution, the extensions can only be created on a Windows platform, and will be Python version dependent. The installer filename will reflect this and now has the form <tt class="file docutils literal"><span class="pre">foo-1.0.win32-py2.0.exe</span></tt>. You have to create a separate installer for every Python version you want to support.</p> <p>The installer will try to compile pure modules into <a class="reference internal" href="../glossary.html#term-bytecode"><em class="xref std std-term">bytecode</em></a> after installation on the target system in normal and optimizing mode. If you don’t want this to happen for some reason, you can run the <strong class="command">bdist_wininst</strong> command with the <em class="xref std std-option">--no-target-compile</em> and/or the <em class="xref std std-option">--no-target-optimize</em> option.</p> <p>By default the installer will display the cool “Python Powered” logo when it is run, but you can also supply your own 152x261 bitmap which must be a Windows <tt class="file docutils literal"><span class="pre">.bmp</span></tt> file with the <em class="xref std std-option">--bitmap</em> option.</p> <p>The installer will also display a large title on the desktop background window when it is run, which is constructed from the name of your distribution and the version number. This can be changed to another text by using the <em class="xref std std-option">--title</em> option.</p> <p>The installer file will be written to the “distribution directory” — normally <tt class="file docutils literal"><span class="pre">dist/</span></tt>, but customizable with the <em class="xref std std-option">--dist-dir</em> option.</p> </div> <div class="section" id="cross-compiling-on-windows"> <span id="cross-compile-windows"></span><h2>5.4. Cross-compiling on Windows<a class="headerlink" href="#cross-compiling-on-windows" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2> <p>Starting with Python 2.6, distutils is capable of cross-compiling between Windows platforms. In practice, this means that with the correct tools installed, you can use a 32bit version of Windows to create 64bit extensions and vice-versa.</p> <p>To build for an alternate platform, specify the <em class="xref std std-option">--plat-name</em> option to the build command. Valid values are currently ‘win32’, ‘win-amd64’ and ‘win-ia64’. For example, on a 32bit version of Windows, you could execute:</p> <div class="highlight-python"><pre>python setup.py build --plat-name=win-amd64</pre> </div> <p>to build a 64bit version of your extension. The Windows Installers also support this option, so the command:</p> <div class="highlight-python"><pre>python setup.py build --plat-name=win-amd64 bdist_wininst</pre> </div> <p>would create a 64bit installation executable on your 32bit version of Windows.</p> <p>To cross-compile, you must download the Python source code and cross-compile Python itself for the platform you are targetting - it is not possible from a binary installation of Python (as the .lib etc file for other platforms are not included.) In practice, this means the user of a 32 bit operating system will need to use Visual Studio 2008 to open the <tt class="file docutils literal"><span class="pre">PCBuild/PCbuild.sln</span></tt> solution in the Python source tree and build the “x64” configuration of the ‘pythoncore’ project before cross-compiling extensions is possible.</p> <p>Note that by default, Visual Studio 2008 does not install 64bit compilers or tools. You may need to reexecute the Visual Studio setup process and select these tools (using Control Panel->[Add/Remove] Programs is a convenient way to check or modify your existing install.)</p> <div class="section" id="the-postinstallation-script"> <span id="postinstallation-script"></span><h3>5.4.1. The Postinstallation script<a class="headerlink" href="#the-postinstallation-script" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h3> <p>Starting with Python 2.3, a postinstallation script can be specified with the <em class="xref std std-option">--install-script</em> option. The basename of the script must be specified, and the script filename must also be listed in the scripts argument to the setup function.</p> <p>This script will be run at installation time on the target system after all the files have been copied, with <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">argv[1]</span></tt> set to <em class="xref std std-option">-install</em>, and again at uninstallation time before the files are removed with <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">argv[1]</span></tt> set to <em class="xref std std-option">-remove</em>.</p> <p>The installation script runs embedded in the windows installer, every output (<tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">sys.stdout</span></tt>, <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">sys.stderr</span></tt>) is redirected into a buffer and will be displayed in the GUI after the script has finished.</p> <p>Some functions especially useful in this context are available as additional built-in functions in the installation script.</p> <dl class="function"> <dt id="directory_created"> <tt class="descname">directory_created</tt><big>(</big><em>path</em><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#directory_created" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dt id="file_created"> <tt class="descname">file_created</tt><big>(</big><em>path</em><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#file_created" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>These functions should be called when a directory or file is created by the postinstall script at installation time. It will register <em>path</em> with the uninstaller, so that it will be removed when the distribution is uninstalled. To be safe, directories are only removed if they are empty.</p> </dd></dl> <dl class="function"> <dt id="get_special_folder_path"> <tt class="descname">get_special_folder_path</tt><big>(</big><em>csidl_string</em><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#get_special_folder_path" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>This function can be used to retrieve special folder locations on Windows like the Start Menu or the Desktop. It returns the full path to the folder. <em>csidl_string</em> must be one of the following strings:</p> <div class="highlight-python"><div class="highlight"><pre><span class="s">"CSIDL_APPDATA"</span> <span class="s">"CSIDL_COMMON_STARTMENU"</span> <span class="s">"CSIDL_STARTMENU"</span> <span class="s">"CSIDL_COMMON_DESKTOPDIRECTORY"</span> <span class="s">"CSIDL_DESKTOPDIRECTORY"</span> <span class="s">"CSIDL_COMMON_STARTUP"</span> <span class="s">"CSIDL_STARTUP"</span> <span class="s">"CSIDL_COMMON_PROGRAMS"</span> <span class="s">"CSIDL_PROGRAMS"</span> <span class="s">"CSIDL_FONTS"</span> </pre></div> </div> <p>If the folder cannot be retrieved, <a class="reference internal" href="../library/exceptions.html#exceptions.OSError" title="exceptions.OSError"><tt class="xref py py-exc docutils literal"><span class="pre">OSError</span></tt></a> is raised.</p> <p>Which folders are available depends on the exact Windows version, and probably also the configuration. For details refer to Microsoft’s documentation of the <tt class="xref c c-func docutils literal"><span class="pre">SHGetSpecialFolderPath()</span></tt> function.</p> </dd></dl> <dl class="function"> <dt id="create_shortcut"> <tt class="descname">create_shortcut</tt><big>(</big><em>target</em>, <em>description</em>, <em>filename</em><span class="optional">[</span>, <em>arguments</em><span class="optional">[</span>, <em>workdir</em><span class="optional">[</span>, <em>iconpath</em><span class="optional">[</span>, <em>iconindex</em><span class="optional">]</span><span class="optional">]</span><span class="optional">]</span><span class="optional">]</span><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#create_shortcut" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>This function creates a shortcut. <em>target</em> is the path to the program to be started by the shortcut. <em>description</em> is the description of the shortcut. <em>filename</em> is the title of the shortcut that the user will see. <em>arguments</em> specifies the command line arguments, if any. <em>workdir</em> is the working directory for the program. <em>iconpath</em> is the file containing the icon for the shortcut, and <em>iconindex</em> is the index of the icon in the file <em>iconpath</em>. Again, for details consult the Microsoft documentation for the <tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">IShellLink</span></tt> interface.</p> </dd></dl> </div> </div> <div class="section" id="vista-user-access-control-uac"> <h2>5.5. Vista User Access Control (UAC)<a class="headerlink" href="#vista-user-access-control-uac" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2> <p>Starting with Python 2.6, bdist_wininst supports a <em class="xref std std-option">--user-access-control</em> option. The default is ‘none’ (meaning no UAC handling is done), and other valid values are ‘auto’ (meaning prompt for UAC elevation if Python was installed for all users) and ‘force’ (meaning always prompt for elevation).</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sphinxsidebar"> <div class="sphinxsidebarwrapper"> <h3><a href="../contents.html">Table Of Contents</a></h3> <ul> <li><a class="reference internal" href="#">5. 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