setup.py and adding file to /bin/

Question

I can\'t figure out how to make setup.py add a scrip to the the user\'s /bin or /usr/bin or whatever.

E.g., I\'d like to add a

Answer 1

If you're willing to build and install the entire python package, this is how I would go about it:

• Edit the setup() function in setup.py to contain a parameter named scripts and set its argument as the location of the file(s) you wish to run from anywhere. e.g.

setup(name='myproject',author='',author_email='',scripts=['bin/myscript.py'])

• Within the directory that contains setup.py, create a bin directory by typing mkdir bin
• Add myscript.py to this newly-created bin directory (and make sure it's executable!)
• cd into the directory that contains setup.py again, and install the entire python package by typing python setup.py install
• Once the package is installed, you should be able to run myscript.py from anywhere on the system!