For this to work, the whichmodule.py script must be executable (chmod +x whichmodule.py), and the shebang must remain untouched (#!/usr/bin/env python).

To find the necessary bits, look in setup.py in detect_modules() for the module's name. The following modules found by detect_modules() in setup.py, have been built by the Makefile instead, as ...

To fix Command python setup.py egg_info failed with error code 1 when Installing Python, follow these instructions.

setup.py is normally used by Python to install the module it’s associated with, and can also be used to direct Python to compile C extensions for that module.

This post explains what a Python module is and how to use it to drastically extend the capabiltiies of your code. Plus: how to make your own!