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# Packaging klipper
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Klipper is somewhat of a packaging anomaly among python programs, as it doesn't
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use setuptools to build and install. Some notes regarding how best to package it
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are as follows:
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## C modules
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Klipper uses a C module to handle some kinematics calculations more quickly.
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This module needs to be compiled at packaging time to avoid introducing a
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runtime dependency on a compiler. To compile the C module, run `python2
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klippy/chelper/__init__.py`.
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## Compiling python code
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Many distributions have a policy of compiling all python code before packaging
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to improve startup time. You can do this by running `python2 -m compileall
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klippy`.
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## Versioning
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If you are building a package of Klipper from git, it is usual practice not to
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ship a .git directory, so the versioning must be handled without git. To do
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this, use the script shipped in `scripts/make_version.py` which should be run as
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follows: `python2 scripts/make_version.py YOURDISTRONAME > klippy/.version`.
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## Sample packaging script
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klipper-git is packaged for Arch Linux, and has a PKGBUILD (package build
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script) available at
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https://aur.archlinux.org/cgit/aur.git/tree/PKGBUILD?h=klipper-git.
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