.. _spkg_sip:

sip: Python extension module generator for C and C++ libraries
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Description
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Python extension module generator for C and C++ libraries


Upstream contact
----------------

-  https://www.riverbankcomputing.com/software/sip/
-  https://pypi.python.org/pypi/SIP

License
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SIP is released under the GPL v2, GPL v3 licenses, and under a
license
similar to the BSD license.

SIP is copyright (c) Riverbank Computing Limited. Its homepage is
https://www.riverbankcomputing.com/software/sip/.

Type
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optional


Version Information
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package-version.txt::

    4.18


Equivalent System Packages
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conda:

.. CODE-BLOCK:: bash

    $ conda install python:sip

See https://repology.org/project/python:sip/versions

However, these system packages will not be used for building Sage
because spkg-configure.m4 has not been written for this package;
see https://trac.sagemath.org/ticket/27330