如何使用Distutils使Python脚本作为普通的Linux命令运行？

Question

I need to run python module as trivial Linux command without worrying about the location of the file. Can I do it with Distutils?

Specific about what I need. A user should do simple installation and be able to use it:

python setup.py install
mymodule --arg value

How to do it?

Answer 1

If you want to be able to run the command by specifying just it's name, it needs to be installed in a directory listed in the PATH environment variable. For user programs, the usual locations are /bin , /usr/bin (with /usr/local/bin being fairly common too).

So setup your package to install your script in one those locations. However, this will require root privileges.

If you want to be able to install without root privileges, the alternative is to ensure that the script's directory is listed in the PATH variable.

Answer 2

If you specify a list of scripts in setup() , distutils will automatically install them into an appropriate directory:

from distutils.core import setup

setup(
    name='somemodule',
    scripts=['mymodule']
)

Note that mymodule here for your example will need to be a runnable python script with that name; it probably shouldn't be your actual module but rather import your module if necessary.