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A :term: `Distribution <Distribution Package> ` format containing files
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and metadata that only need to be moved to the correct location on the
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target system, to be installed. :term: `Wheel ` is such a format, whereas
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- distutil's :term: `Source Distribution <Source Distribution (or
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+ :term: `Source Distribution <Source Distribution (or
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"sdist")> ` is not, in that it requires a build step before it can be
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installed. This format does not imply that Python files have to be
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precompiled (:term: `Wheel ` intentionally does not include compiled
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- Python files).
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+ Python files). See :ref: ` package-formats ` for more information.
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Distribution Package
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Egg
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A :term: `Built Distribution ` format introduced by :ref: `setuptools `,
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- which is being replaced by :term: `Wheel `. For details, see
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- :doc: `The Internal Structure of Python Eggs <setuptools:deprecated/python_eggs >` and
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- `Python Eggs <http://peak.telecommunity.com/DevCenter/PythonEggs >`_
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+ which has been replaced by :term: `Wheel `. For details, see
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+ :ref: `egg-format `.
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Extension Module
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A :term: `distribution <Distribution Package> ` format (usually generated
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using ``python -m build --sdist ``) that provides metadata and the
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essential source files needed for installing by a tool like :ref: `pip `,
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- or for generating a :term: `Built Distribution `.
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+ or for generating a :term: `Built Distribution `. See :ref: `package-formats `
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+ for more information.
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System Package
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Wheel
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- A :term: `Built Distribution ` format introduced by an official
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- :doc: `standard specification
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- </specifications/binary-distribution-format/>`,
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- which is intended to replace the :term: `Egg ` format. Wheel is currently
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- supported by :ref: `pip `.
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+ The standard :term: `Built Distribution ` format.
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+ See :ref: `package-formats ` for more information.
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