from distutils.core import setup packages = [ 'swiftstory', ] prefix = '/' share_dir = 'usr/share/swiftstory/' data_files = list() import os for n in os.walk('usr'): if len(n[2]) == 0: continue files = list() for f in n[2]: files.append(n[0] + '/' + f) data_files.append((prefix + n[0] + '/', files)) print(data_files) scripts = [ 'swiftstoryd', ] setup( name='swiftstory', version='0.1', author='Olivier Gayot', author_email='olivier.gayot@sigexec.com', packages=packages, data_files=data_files, scripts=scripts, )