Including external binaries in python package
python, setup.py
Solution
With Jonathon's prompting, I went through the chat and found the solution that Lukas provided me. The solution was simply to add the following to the setup.py:
zip_safe=False
Problem
I have a python module that is basically a big wrapper (which does lots more stuff besides) for an external binary (non python). I would like to include the binaries (1 binary for osx, 1 for linux) along with my code. I currently have the following in my setup.py: ``` package_data={'packagename': ['lib/app-osx/*', 'lib/app-linux/*', 'lib/*.awk']}, ``` and the files are located at: ``` /packagename /lib script.awk /app-osx/ app /app-linux app ``` I can't seem to find where they are installed, if they are at all? Is there a convention for this? I obviously can't use dependencies for this :( And then, what's the best way of finding their location within the python script? Thanks