Build the tarball, wheel, and egg

• .tar.gz : the tarball (supported by PIP)

• .whl : wheel file (supported by PIP)

• .egg : cross-platform zip file (supported by easy_install)

1. Build source code:

   python setup.py sdist bdist_wheel bdist_egg
   

2. Install OctaDist:

   python setup.py install
   

   or:

   pip install dist/*.tar.gz
   

3. Run test zip files:

   python setup.py test
   

4. Installed library of OctaDist will be install at build/lib/octadist directory.

5. Standalone executable (binary) file will be automatically added to environment variables, you can start OctaDist by calling its names anywhere:

   • To start graphical-interface:

     octadist
     

   • To start command-line:

     octadist_cli
     

Note

More details on Python package can be found its official website: https://packaging.python.org/tutorials/installing-packages.