python: simple example for a python egg with a one-file source file?

Question

I\'m not quite sure how to build a really simple one-file source module. Is there a sample module out there one the web somewhere which can be built as a python .egg?

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Answer 1

For distutils, from https://docs.python.org/3/distutils/introduction.html#a-simple-example :

from distutils.core import setup
setup(name='foo',
      version='1.0',
      py_modules=['foo'],
      )

Then you only need a file:

foo.py

And in Ubuntu 14.04:

sudo python setup.py

puts it under:

/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/foo.py

without any directories.

Answer 2

You can use the py_modules argument instead of the packages argument to list single file modules.

See https://docs.python.org/3/distutils/setupscript.html#listing-individual-modules