I have create a python package, which runs fine with:
python3 ~/Devel/mkbib/Python/src/main.py
The file structure is:
tree src/
src/
├── main.py
├── menubar.ui
├── menu.py
├── mkbib.svg
├── pybib.py
├── __pycache__
│ ├── main.cpython-34.pyc
│ ├── menu.cpython-34.pyc
│ ├── pybib.cpython-34.pyc
│ └── view.cpython-34.pyc
└── view.py
The main.py looks like (I don't know how much I should show, hence this is not a minimal one):
import gi
import sys
import menu
import view
import pybib
import urllib.parse as lurl
import webbrowser
import os
from gi.repository import Gtk, Gio # , GLib, Gdk
gi.require_version("Gtk", "3.0")
class Window(Gtk.ApplicationWindow):
def __init__(self, application, giofile=None):
Gtk.ApplicationWindow.__init__(self,
application=application,
default_width=1000,
default_height=200,
title="mkbib")
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class mkbib(Gtk.Application):
def __init__(self):
Gtk.Application.__init__(self)
self.connect("startup", self.startup)
self.connect("activate", self.activate)
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def install_excepthook():
""" Make sure we exit when an unhandled exception occurs. """
old_hook = sys.excepthook
def new_hook(etype, evalue, etb):
old_hook(etype, evalue, etb)
while Gtk.main_level():
Gtk.main_quit()
sys.exit()
sys.excepthook = new_hook
if __name__ == "__main__":
app = mkbib()
r = app.run(sys.argv)
sys.exit(r)
Now, I am trying it to make installable in system file, with a executable, so that, something like ./mkbib will launch the application(is this a good idea?). I have seen the standard way is to use a setup.py script. I tried to mimic that, and failed:
from setuptools import setup, find_packages
from codecs import open
from os import path
here = path.abspath(path.dirname(__file__))
with open(path.join(here, 'README'), encoding='utf-8') as f:
long_description = f.read()
setup(
name='mkbib',
version='0.1',
description='BibTeX Creator',
long_description=long_description,
url='https://github.com/rudrab/mkbib',
author='Rudra Banerjee',
author_email='my email',
license='GPLv3',
classifiers=[
'License :: OSI Approved :: GPL',
'Programming Language :: Python :: 3',
'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.2',
'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.3',
'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.4',
'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.5',
],
keywords='BibTeX manager ',
packages=find_packages(exclude=['contrib', 'docs', 'tests']),
install_requires=['bibtexparser'],
entry_points={
'gui_scripts': [
'mkbib=mkbib:main',
],
},
)
The python3 setup.py install shows obvious error:
export PYTHONPATH=${PYTHONPATH}:/opt
sudo python3 setup.py install --prefix=/opt
running install
Checking .pth file support in /opt/lib/python3.4/site-packages/
/bin/python3 -E -c pass
TEST FAILED: /opt/lib/python3.4/site-packages/ does NOT support .pth files
error: bad install directory or PYTHONPATH
You are attempting to install a package to a directory that is not
on PYTHONPATH and which Python does not read ".pth" files from. The
installation directory you specified (via --install-dir, --prefix, or
the distutils default setting) was:
/opt/lib/python3.4/site-packages/
and your PYTHONPATH environment variable currently contains:
''
I have no previous experience with setup.py (I am from fortran and make domain); kindly help.
EDIT: Important In many places, I see, there exists a __init__.py file. Is that essential to run setup.py? In other words, since my code is running, do I need to make any change in the code to use setup.py?
UPDATE I did as suggested by Alex, but then it copies the full system to /usr/lib/python3.4/site-packages/, making it a library, rather then executable app (should be in /usr/[share/local]/bin), what I am looking for. Any idea?
