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please clarify<br />
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install, you mean reside in /usr/sbin?<br />
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a script commonly is placed it does not get installed i.e. gpkg ?<br />
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to dun as a service you have to add the startup/stop in systemv/ or place it in /etc/rc.local<br />
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what does the script do?<br />
Might it not be more suitable to have started/run out of cron on a schedule?
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please clarify

install, you mean reside in /usr/sbin?

a script commonly is placed it does not get installed i.e. gpkg ?

to dun as a service you have to add the startup/stop in systemv/ or place it in /etc/rc.local

what does the script do?
Might it not be more suitable to have started/run out of cron on a schedule?

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as Arnold said put the script in binary location.
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as Arnold said put the script in binary location.

burnedfaceless

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I've written some simple Python scripts and now I would like to write a Python script that can be installed and run as a service.<br />
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I know how to take a Python program and run it as a service but how would I write a Python program that can be installed?<br />
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My operating system is Ubuntu 18.04.
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I've written some simple Python scripts and now I would like to write a Python script that can be installed and run as a service.

I know how to take a Python program and run it as a service but how would I write a Python program that can be installed?

My operating system is Ubuntu 18.04.

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