Change default dist folder with setuptools

directory, packaging, python, setuptools

Solution

Use the `--dist-dir=[differentdir]` option. From `python setup.py sdist --help`:

  --dist-dir (-d)   directory to put the source distribution archive(s) in
                    [default: dist]

You can specify the top-level package directory with the `package_dir` keyword argument to `setup()`:

package_dir = {'': 'src'},

I can recommend the Python Packaging User Guide for a good tutorial on how to package your python projects.

Problem

I'm using `setuptools` 0.6 to package my code. By default when I type `python setup.py sdist`, the tool creates a folder dist directly in the same folder of my script. What I can do to change this default folder? Edit: Another question is, if my setup script and my package folder are not in the same folder, what can I do to specify the exact path of the package? Thanks

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