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:mod:`distutils` --- Building and installing Python modules
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.. module:: distutils
:synopsis: Support for building and installing Python modules into an
existing Python installation.
.. sectionauthor:: Fred L. Drake, Jr. <fdrake@acm.org>
The :mod:`distutils` package provides support for building and installing
additional modules into a Python installation. The new modules may be either
100%-pure Python, or may be extension modules written in C, or may be
collections of Python packages which include modules coded in both Python and C.
.. deprecated:: 3.3
:mod:`packaging` replaces Distutils. See :ref:`packaging-index` and
:ref:`packaging-install-index`.
User documentation and API reference are provided in another document:
.. seealso::
:ref:`distutils-index`
The manual for developers and packagers of Python modules. This describes
how to prepare :mod:`distutils`\ -based packages so that they may be
easily installed into an existing Python installation. If also contains
instructions for end-users wanting to install a distutils-based package,
:ref:`install-index`.
.. trick to silence a Sphinx warning
.. toctree::
:hidden:
../distutils/index
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