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     2 :mod:`distutils` --- Building and installing Python modules

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     5 .. module:: distutils

     6    :synopsis: Support for building and installing Python modules into an existing Python

     7               installation.

     8 .. sectionauthor:: Fred L. Drake, Jr. <fdrake@acm.org>

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    10 

    11 The :mod:`distutils` package provides support for building and installing

    12 additional modules into a Python installation.  The new modules may be either

    13 100%-pure Python, or may be extension modules written in C, or may be

    14 collections of Python packages which include modules coded in both Python and C.

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    16 This package is discussed in two separate chapters:

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    19 .. seealso::

    20 

    21    :ref:`distutils-index`

    22       The manual for developers and packagers of Python modules.  This describes how

    23       to prepare :mod:`distutils`\ -based packages so that they may be easily

    24       installed into an existing Python installation.

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    26    :ref:`install-index`

    27       An "administrators" manual which includes information on installing modules into

    28       an existing Python installation. You do not need to be a Python programmer to

    29       read this manual.

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