理解setuptools || distutils||pip||distribute in Python

• distutils

  Documents

  The distutils packages provides support for building and installing additional modules into a Python installations.

  Most Python users will not want to use this module directly, but instead use the cross-version tools maintained by the Python Packaging Authority. In particular, setuptools is an enhanced alternative to distutils .

• setuptools

  github

  homepage

  Setuptools is a collection of enhancements to the Python distutils that allow developers to more easily build and distribute Python packages, especially ones that have dependencies on other packages.

  Packages built and distributed using setuptools look to the user like ordinary Python packages based on the distutils.

• pip

  homepage

  pip is the package installer for Python.

  pip is a higher-level interface on top of setuptools or Distribute.

• distribute

  distribute 0.7.3

  distribute 0.7.3 which released Jul 6, 2013, is the latest version, and out of use.

  distribute was a fork of the older setuptools.

• Overview

  distutils最初级,setuptools是distutils的加强版,distribute是setuptools的一个分支,已弃用.

  pip是上述各种功能的更高级api.

• References

1. How do setuptools, distribute, and pip relate to one another?