How to distribute a Python package that adds an executable to the path?

Question

I have a bunch of commands that I want to distribute to my colleagues. They want me to package it and add it to their path ( /usr/local/bin )

How would I do this? We already have a Python repository. Is this possible in an egg ?

Answer 1

I dislike answering my own question but I have begun looking at this:

http://docs.python.org/distutils/setupscript.html#installing-additional-files

Seems like it might be the answer. I will update this answer when I try it out on Monday. Or, if anyone has used something like this before, answer yourself!

Answer 2

One option would be to build an RPM . This is generally a pretty convenient way to install files to a predefined location.