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  1. :mod:`distutils` --- Building and installing Python modules
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  4. .. module:: distutils
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  5.    :synopsis: Support for building and installing Python modules into an existing Python
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  6.               installation.
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  7. .. sectionauthor:: Fred L. Drake, Jr. <fdrake@acm.org>
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  10. The :mod:`distutils` package provides support for building and installing
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  11. additional modules into a Python installation.  The new modules may be either
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  12. 100%-pure Python, or may be extension modules written in C, or may be
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  13. collections of Python packages which include modules coded in both Python and C.
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  15. This package is discussed in two separate chapters:
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  18. .. seealso::
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  20.    :ref:`distutils-index`
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  21.       The manual for developers and packagers of Python modules.  This describes how
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  22.       to prepare :mod:`distutils`\ -based packages so that they may be easily
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  23.       installed into an existing Python installation.
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  25.    :ref:`install-index`
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  26.       An "administrators" manual which includes information on installing modules into
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  27.       an existing Python installation. You do not need to be a Python programmer to
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  28.       read this manual.
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