On 24 April 2012 02:21, Daniel Sokolowski <daniel.sokolow...@klinsight.com> wrote: > > Both, system libraries and not python files --- anything outside of Python > land that PIP can’t handle. How do you handle that if you want a self > contained easy to deploy project?
Well then it's safe to assume that if it's not pure Python, or directly related to your project then it's out of scope for standard Python packaging tools. Python runs just about everywhere, and every platform handles libraries and app dependencies differently. I don't think that an elegant, and general cross-platform solution exists. Distutils does however provide a general method for installing Python (C) extension modules in a cross platform fashion and there is also a 'data_files' option for installing non Python files within your virtualenv but this is as far as it goes. For Windows you'll need to create an EXE installer or MSI package with every redistributable that you need (eg Apache/MySQL... oh and Python). For *nix platforms use the relevant package format eg RPM/DEB/DMG to install whatever your app depends on, whether it be MySQL, or some Python module or system library. The way we've solved it with our Django apps is quite simple. We have a README file that explains what the general requirements are, and how to install these requirements for the most popular Linux distros (eg yum install foo). Our setup.py takes care of everything Python. It's up to the end user/sysadmin to plumb everything together. Perhaps later on I'll roll some generic Debs and RPMS that satisfy the required dependencies, but for now we assume our end users are technically proficient, so we can get away with a less integrated approach. Cheers, -- Andrew Cutler -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en.
