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setuptools is a collection of enhancements to the Python distutils
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that allow you to more easily build and distribute Python packages,
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especially ones that have dependencies on other packages.
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Packages built and distributed using setuptools look to the user like
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ordinary Python packages based on the distutils. Your users don't
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need to install or even know about setuptools in order to use them,
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and you don't have to include the entire setuptools package in your
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distributions. By including just a single bootstrap module (an 8K .py
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file), your package will automatically download and install setuptools
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if the user is building your package from source and doesn't have a
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suitable version already installed.
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