setup.py

from distutils.core import setup, Extension
from distutils.command.build_ext  import build_ext 
import os,subprocess



class CommonBuild(build_ext):
      
    def build_common(self):
        if not os.path.exists(self.build_temp):
            os.makedirs(self.build_temp)

        comm_path = os.path.abspath('common')
        subprocess.check_call(['cmake','-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release',comm_path],cwd=self.build_temp)
        subprocess.check_call(['cmake', '--build', '.'], cwd=self.build_temp)

    def run(self):
        try:
            out = subprocess.check_output(['cmake', '--version'])
        except OSError:
            raise RuntimeError("CMake must be installed to build the following extensions: " +
                               ", ".join(e.name for e in self.extensions))
        self.build_temp = 'build'
        self.build_common()
        super().run()

setup(name='pinpointPy',
      version="0.0.1.2", 
      author="The pinpoint Authors", 
      author_email='eeliu2009@gmail.com',
      license='Apache License 2.0',
      ext_modules=[
        Extension('pinpointPy',
          ['src/PY/pinpoint_py.c'],
          include_dirs = ['common/include'],
          library_dirs = ['common/lib'],
          libraries = ['pinpoint_common','jsoncpp', 'rt', 'stdc++']
          )
        ],

      cmdclass={'build_ext': CommonBuild}
)