To build the AcmeLab example:- cd .../src/acme.acmelab python setup.py sdist --dist-dir ../../dist/eggs cd .../src/acme.workbench python setup.py bdist_egg --dist-dir ../../dist/eggs cd ../../dist/eggs unzip the acmelab zip file add a '.egg' extension to each unzipped folder Surely there must be a better way to do this? I'm not an egg expert! To run the example:- cd .../enthought.envisage.ui.workbench_3.0/examples/AcmeLab/dist python run.py