Install Python module for cross-compile target?

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This question is a bit old, but there are some resources online about doing that kind of things. In general, when in doubt, I would recommend looking at how debian does it.

The following page is about building a debian package for a python module that has a setup.py

http://ghantoos.org/2008/10/19/creating-a-deb-package-from-a-python-setuppy/

I don't know about packaging tools for other distributions, but as far as debian-based systems go, debuild makes producing packages of pretty much anything quite easy.

I did try and cross compile python and some modules once, a long time ago. It was a dishearteningly horrible experience to find out how badly patched together the python sources were. The build recipes were a very custom hack that didn't lend itself at all well to cross-compiling them.

I think I got something working, using alot of patches from the gentoo crossdev environment. However we didn't end up running python on the embedded board as it was too heavy. We needed every cycle for the c++ programs.

I don't know if they've updated the python sources with easier build tooling.