Packaging Python Apps

[Peter]

Are there commands that can be used to install python apps into a dummy tree
for later packaging? I would like to accomplish either of the following:

when I run python setup.py install

can I

1) deposit all files into a specified directory like when I do
make install DESTDIR=/foo

2) have a do-nothing install like
make -n install

Thx

[Steve Holden]

Peter wrote:

Are there commands that can be used to install python apps into a dummy tree
for later packaging? I would like to accomplish either of the following:

when I run python setup.py install

can I

1) deposit all files into a specified directory like when I do
make install DESTDIR=/foo

2) have a do-nothing install like
make -n install

Thx

For 1), wouldn't

python setup.py build

or its variants suffice.

regards
Steve
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[Peter]

Steve Holden wrote:
snip

For 1), wouldn't

python setup.py build

or its variants suffice.

regards
Steve

Well, build would make all the files, but I would like to perform a pseudo
install so that I can see all that WOULD be installed. That way, I could
package it so it could be installed on another PC without having to run a
python script.

Thanks for the reply

[Istvan Albert]

Peter wrote:

1) deposit all files into a specified directory like when I do
make install DESTDIR=/foo
see:

python setup.py install --help
2) have a do-nothing install like
make -n install

python setup.py -n install

Istvan.

[Peter]

Istvan Albert wrote:

Peter wrote:

1) deposit all files into a specified directory like when I do
make install DESTDIR=/foo
see:

python setup.py install --help

That's PRECISELY what I needed. It looks just like configure!

Thanks a lot!

Istvan.