Install mixture of extension module. pure python module and shared libraries with distutils

Question

I am using cython for building an extension module. The module depends on an external shared library, which is found when the module is built. Further I have some pure Python modules in the same directory.

Can anybody give me an example setup.py for this task ? I have problems getting the extension module, the pure python module and the shared lib in the same directory when calling "python setup.py install".

Are you using Py2EXE for deployment, or just trying to make a binary installer for you package using python setup.py bdist_wininst? — fviktor
I just tried a local "python setup.py install" to get my stuff to .../site-packages/ — rocksportrocker

rocksportrocker rocksportrocker · Accepted Answer · 2011-08-05T14:12:51

I found a solution: I have a package dir ABC like

ABC/
    __init__.py
    A.py
    B.pyx
    C.so             (or C.dll and C.lib on win)

then the following setup.py does the job:

#input-encoding: utf-8
from distutils.core import setup
from distutils.extension import Extension
from Cython.Distutils import build_ext

setup(
  name = "ABC",
  packages = ["ABC"],
  package_dir = { "ABC" : "." },
  ext_package = "ABC",
  cmdclass = {'build_ext': build_ext},
  package_data = { ".": [ "C.dll"] },
  ext_modules = [ Extension("B", sources="B.pyx", libraries="C" ) ]
)

I had to put setup.py in ABC/ and redirect via package_dir = { "ABC" : "." },

Install mixture of extension module. pure python module and shared libraries with distutils

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