28. Software Packaging and Distribution

These libraries help you with publishing and installing Python software. While these modules are designed to work in conjunction with the Python Package Index [https://pypi.python.org/pypi], they can also be used with a local index server, or without any index server at all.

• 28.1. distutils — Building and installing Python modules
• 28.2. ensurepip — Bootstrapping the pip installer
  • 28.2.1. Command line interface
  • 28.2.2. Module API
• 28.3. venv — Creation of virtual environments
  • 28.3.1. Creating virtual environments
  • 28.3.2. API
  • 28.3.3. An example of extending EnvBuilder
• 28.4. zipapp — Manage executable python zip archives
  • 28.4.1. Basic Example
  • 28.4.2. Command-Line Interface
  • 28.4.3. Python API
  • 28.4.4. Examples
  • 28.4.5. The Python Zip Application Archive Format