setup.py

from setuptools import setup
from distutils.core import Extension
from distutils.command.build import build
import os
from subprocess import call
import multiprocessing

class build_nxppy(build):
    def run(self):

        startingDir = os.getcwd()

        os.chdir( os.path.join('NxpRdLib_PublicRelease', 'build') )

        def compile():
            call( r"sed -i 's/^blacklist spi-bcm2708/#&/' /etc/modprobe.d/raspi-blacklist.conf", shell=True )
            call( 'modprobe spi-bcm2708', shell=True )
            call( 'cmake .', shell=True )
            call( 'make', shell=True )

        self.execute(compile, [], 'compiling NxpRdLib')

        os.chdir( startingDir )

        # Run the rest of the build
        build.run(self)

nxppy = Extension('nxppy',
                    sources = ['Mifare.c', 'nxppy.c'],
                    include_dirs = ['NxpRdLib_PublicRelease/types', 'NxpRdLib_PublicRelease/intfs', 'NxpRdLib_PublicRelease/comps/phpalSli15693/src/Sw'],
                    extra_compile_args=['-O1'],
                    extra_link_args=['NxpRdLib_PublicRelease/build/libnxprd.a']
)

short_description = 'A python extension for interfacing with the NXP PN512 NFC Reader. Targeted specifically for Raspberry Pi and the EXPLORE-NFC module'

try:
    import pypandoc
    long_description = pypandoc.convert('README.md', 'rst')
except:
    long_description = short_description

setup (name = 'nxppy',
       version = '1.2.1',
       description = short_description, 
       long_description = long_description,
       author = 'Scott Vitale',
       author_email = 'svvitale@gmail.com',
       url = 'http://github.com/svvitale/nxppy',
       test_suite = 'nose.collector',
       setup_requires=['nose>=1.0'],
       ext_modules = [nxppy],
       cmdclass = {'build': build_nxppy})