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Install Options on Python Setup.py Files

I have a python package that I create a package using setuptools.

It creates an .egg file and loads it into the site-package folder for my python win 32-bit library.

My question is this. If there a way to create the setup.py so it can move the files to the site-package lib folder not creating an egg or are eggs the new thing at setuptools 3.3?

I am running into errors with my code on various machines, and I want to be able to step through to the code, but the egg will not allow me to do this.

Thank you

Solution

  • To solve this issue, I just did the following in the setup.py:

    from distutils.core import setup
setup(...)

    I had list my individual packages in the packages option on the setup function.

    It created both the .egg file and the package in the site=packages folder.