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<span id="distutils-building-and-installing-python-modules"></span><h1><a class="reference internal" href="#module-distutils" title="distutils: Support for building and installing Python modules into an existing Python installation."><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">distutils</span></code></a> — Building and installing Python modules<a class="headerlink" href="#module-distutils" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h1>
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<p>The <a class="reference internal" href="#module-distutils" title="distutils: Support for building and installing Python modules into an existing Python installation."><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">distutils</span></code></a> package provides support for building and installing
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enhanced alternative to <a class="reference internal" href="#module-distutils" title="distutils: Support for building and installing Python modules into an existing Python installation."><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">distutils</span></code></a> that provides:</p>
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