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authorGregory P. Smith <greg@mad-scientist.com>2000-05-12 00:58:18 (GMT)
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Doc patch from Bastein Kleineidam: start to describe the 'install' command
family, including the new 'install_scripts' and 'install_data' commands.
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\subsection{Installing modules: the \protect\command{install} command family}
\label{install-cmd}
+The install command ensures that the build commands have been run and then
+runs the subcommands \command{install\_lib},
+\command{install\_data} and
+\command{install\_scripts}.
+
+\subsubsection{\protect\command{install\_lib}}
+\label{sec:install-lib-cmd}
+
+\subsubsection{\protect\command{install\_data}}
+\label{sec:install-data-cmd}
+This command installs all data files provided with the distribution.
+
+\subsubsection{\protect\command{install\_scripts}}
+\label{sec:install-scripts-cmd}
+This command installs all (Python) scripts in the distribution.
+
\subsection{Cleaning up: the \protect\command{clean} command}
\label{clean-cmd}