(Apologies for cross-posting, but since this relates to both Pylons and distutils I figured it'd be OK) Dear All, We are developing a web-based application using Pylons. Pylons itself allows for easy distribution via eggs. Our application depends on non-Python software (mainly R and a bunch of R packages). As part of the installation, we would like to run a shell script (with possibly some Python and R code in it), and verify if all R-dependencies are satisfied, and if they are not, abort the installation. Note we are not trying to get setuptools to install the R-stuff, just run a script which checks a few things. I've searched the distutils and Pylons lists and docs and I cannot find this addressed, but I think I once read about this being possible. What am I missing? Thanks, R. -- Ramon Diaz-Uriarte Statistical Computing Team Structural Biology and Biocomputing Programme Spanish National Cancer Centre (CNIO) http://ligarto.org/rdiaz