Standard commands: build build everything needed to install build_py "build" pure Python modules (copy to build directory) build_ext build C/C++ extensions (compile/link to build directory) build_clib build C/C++ libraries used by Python extensions build_scripts "build" scripts (copy and fixup #! line) clean clean up temporary files from 'build' command install install everything from build directory install_lib install all Python modules (extensions and pure Python) install_headers install C/C++ header files install_scripts install scripts (Python or otherwise) install_data install data files sdist create a source distribution (tarball, zip file, etc.) register register the distribution with the Python package index bdist create a built (binary) distribution bdist_dumb create a "dumb" built distribution bdist_rpm create an RPM distribution bdist_wininst create an executable installer for MS Windows check perform some checks on the package upload upload binary package to PyPI Extra commands: alias define a shortcut to invoke one or more commands bdist_egg create an "egg" distribution develop install package in 'development mode' dist_info create a .dist-info directory easy_install Find/get/install Python packages egg_info create a distribution's .egg-info directory install_egg_info Install an .egg-info directory for the package rotate delete older distributions, keeping N newest files saveopts save supplied options to setup.cfg or other config file setopt set an option in setup.cfg or another config file test run unit tests after in-place build upload_docs Upload documentation to PyPI usage: setup.py [global_opts] cmd1 [cmd1_opts] [cmd2 [cmd2_opts] ...] or: setup.py --help [cmd1 cmd2 ...] or: setup.py --help-commands or: setup.py cmd --help