: # Development eggs: egg_info = "/path/to/PackageName.egg-info" base_dir = os.path.dirname(egg_info) metadata = PathMetadata(base_dir, egg_info) dist_name = os.path.splitext(os.path.basename(egg_info))[0] dist = Distribution(basedir, project_name=dist_name, metadata=metadata) # Unpacked egg directories: egg_path = "/path/to/PackageName-ver-pyver-etc.egg" metadata = PathMetadata(egg_path, os.path.join(egg_path,'EGG-INFO')) dist = Distribution.from_filename(egg_path, metadata=metadata) c