 <p>It looks like <a href="http://pypi.python.org/pypi/stdeb" rel="nofollow">stdeb</a> will do what you want.</p> <p>Also, for installing scripts, I strongly recommend <a href="http://pythonhosted.org/setuptools/setuptools.html#automatic-script-creation" rel="nofollow">distribute's console_scripts</a> entry point support.</p>