Verifying Setuptools installation on Linux
Use the following import in your Python terminal to verify if the Setuptools installation has been done properly or not:
import setuptools
If we do not get any error while importing the package then is not installed properly.
How install Setuptools for Python on Linux?
Setuptools is a package development process library that extends the Python standard library distutils to make it easier to package Python projects (distribution utilities). It contains the following features:
- Package and module declarations in Python
- Metadata from the distribution package
- Hooks for testing
- Installation of the project
- Platform-specific information
- Support for Python3
In this article, we will learn how to install Setuptools for Python on Linux.