setup.py

import setuptools
from setuptools import setup, Extension

import sys
import subprocess

import platform
import os


if sys.version_info < (3,5):
    macro_list = [ ( "PYTHON_VERSION_OLDER_THREE_FIVE", "1" ) ]
else:
    macro_list = [ ]

if sys.version_info < (3,0):
    FileNotFoundError = OSError

def conditional_decode( string ):
  if sys.version_info < (3,0):
      return string
  return string.decode( 'utf-8' )

polymake_cflags = conditional_decode( subprocess.check_output( [ "polymake-config", "--cflags" ] ).strip() ).split()
polymake_cflags += conditional_decode( subprocess.check_output( [ "polymake-config", "--includes" ] ).strip() ).split()
polymake_ldflags = conditional_decode( subprocess.check_output( [ "polymake-config", "--ldflags" ] ).strip() ).split()
polymake_ldflags += [ "-lpolymake" ]

polymake_cc = conditional_decode( subprocess.check_output( [ "polymake-config", "--cc" ] ).strip() )
os.environ["CC"] = polymake_cc
os.environ["CXX"] = polymake_cc
if platform.system() == "Darwin" :
   version_arr = platform.mac_ver()[0].split('.')
   os.environ["MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET"] = version_arr[0]+'.'+version_arr[1]

setup(
    ext_modules= [ Extension( "JuPyMake",
                              [ "JuPyMake.cpp" ],
                              extra_compile_args=polymake_cflags + [ '-pthread' ],
                              extra_link_args=polymake_ldflags,
                              define_macros = macro_list ) ],
)