setuptools
Original author(s)Phillip J. Eby
Developer(s)Jason R. Coombs
Stable release
69.0.3[1] / 23 December 2023; 27 days ago (23 December 2023)
Repository
Written inPython
Operating systemCross-platform
TypePackage manager
LicenseMIT
Websitesetuptools.readthedocs.io Edit this at Wikidata, PyPI page

setuptools is a package development process library designed to facilitate packaging Python projects by enhancing the Python standard library distutils (distribution utilities). It includes:

History

On 2004-03-17, Phillip J. Eby announced the existence of the project.[2] In 2013, Distribute, a fork of setuptools, was merged back into setuptools 0.7.

Package format

"Python eggs" redirects here. For eggs laid by snakes, see Snake § Reproduction.
Wheel
Original author(s)Daniel Holth
Stable release
0.42.0[3] Edit this on Wikidata / 26 November 2023
Repositorygithub.com/pypa/wheel
Written inPython
Operating systemCross-platform
TypePackage format
LicenseMIT
Websitepypi.org/project/wheel/

Python wheels have replaced eggs.[4]

Python eggs are a way of bundling additional information with a Python project, that allows the project's dependencies to be checked and satisfied at runtime, as well as allowing projects to provide plugins for other projects.

"Eggs are to Pythons as Jars are to Java..."

— http://peak.telecommunity.com/DevCenter/PythonEggs

Package manager

Python pip has replaced EasyInstall.[5]

EasyInstall is a package manager for Python that provides a standard format for distributing Python programs and libraries (based on the Python Eggs format). EasyInstall is a module bundled with setuptools.[6] It is analogous to RubyGems for Ruby.

EasyInstall is not a fully fledged package manager. It cannot list local packages nor update them all. Pip and Python Package Manager (PyPM) are Python applications designed to fulfill a similar role as EasyInstall. The Distribute fork was created specifically due to the lack of progress in EasyInstall development.[7]

By default, EasyInstall looks in the Python Package Index (PyPI) for the desired packages and uses the metadata there to download and install the package and its dependencies.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Release 69.0.3". 23 December 2023. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
  2. ^ Eby, Phillip J. (7 March 2004). ""setuptools" package preview". Distutils-SIG. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  3. ^ "Release 0.42.0". 26 November 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
  4. ^ "Wheel: A built-package format for Python".
  5. ^ jaraco: Replace easy_install with pip install. Jan 9, 2017.
  6. ^ http://peak.telecommunity.com/DevCenter/setuptools September 1, 2009
  7. ^ Tarek Ziade. "The strange world of packaging – forking setuptools". Retrieved 10 October 2011.

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