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Daniel Fortunov
Daniel Fortunov

Reputation: 44343

How do I make setuptools set the executable bit when deploying some supporting binaries with my egg?

I'm using setuptools to create an egg and I would like to include some supporting binaries with it, preferably to be installed in the egg directory.

I can include these files with data_files or package_data however the executable bit is not set when they are deployed.

Alternatively, I can use scripts but then they will (by default) be deployed to a common directory that is shared by all other packages, which I would like to avoid.

How can I deploy these binaries with my package and ensure their file modes are preserved?

Upvotes: 4

Views: 769

Answers (1)

Keith
Keith

Reputation: 43024

The usual (standard) place to put supporting binaries in Linux is in /usr/libexec. So you can make a directory under that with the the data_files option. Make the files +x in your source and the permissions should be preserved. Just put something like

data_files=[(os.path.join(sys.prefix, 'libexec', 'myproject'), glob("libexec/*"))],

In your setup function, and a libexec directory in your project.

Upvotes: 3

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