Creating and installing a script in my distribution module

In the previous blog post, I explained how to create and distribute a package distribution. If the package were a library, then most likely this is where it would end. However, since I have created something which will be used as a command line desktop application, it would be wonderful if I could bundle a script which the user can invoke from the command line.

First I made a shell script, which would invoke a Python module, however I ran into an issue where the interpreter could not locate the Python module. I think it should have since the package has already been installed with distutils. I need to spend some time understanding how the interpreter locates modules.

In the spirit of moving ahead, I decided to create a Python script and make it executable instead. Once I created the script, I again ran setup.py, which caused this script to be copied in the 'bin' directory of my ENV. Here is the simple Python script I created.