python sdist recursive-include folder, where is it once installed?

Question

I have this in my MANIFEST.in

recursive-include tables *.csv

and I can see the folder included in the created .tar.gz

/mypackage-0.0.1
    /mypackage
    /mypackage.egg-info
    /tables

but I can't find my folder once I install the package with:

pip install mypackage-0.0.1.tar.gz

or

easy_install mypackage-0.0.1.tar.gz

Any clue?

Answer 1

With MANIFEST.in, you specify the files to embedd in the archive, not the way they will be installed.

To tell python/distutils where you want to install your files, add in your setup.py fill the parameter data_files in the setup() method. This way, you will be able to specify where to install those additional files.