Re: [ctypes-users] ctypes setuptools egg

[Thomas H. <th...@ct...>]

Venkat Bommakanti schrieb:
> Hi folks,
> 
> I'd like to know if there is a source egg
> of ctypes (for Python 2.4.2) that can be
> built and deployed via setup tools...
> 
> I need to be able to cross compile ctypes
> from an i686Linux box targeting both i686
> and ppc Linux's. 
> 
> I already have a version of BUILDPython and 
> BUILDSetuptools to be able to do this, and 
> I'd like to do the same with ctypes. I'd
> like to deploy it with a python app that is
> also being built/pkg as an egg.
> 
> I searched the archives, but found no
> pointers.

To be honest, I do not understand what you need.  Since ctypes
is registered on pypi, it can be installed with easy_install:

  easy_install ctypes

easy_install will download, build, and install a ctypes egg.
You can also download the source distribution, edit the setup script
so that it imports 'setup' from setuptools instead, and build the
egg yourself.

Cross compilation is probably another issue, but that has (IMO)
nothing to do with eggs.

Thomas