On 18/11/06, Phil Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You have to install Qt first. You only need to install the run-time elements > (ie. the DLLs) on the client's machine. Unless your application is licensed > under the GPL (and you are using the GPL version of Qt and PyQt) then there > are components of Qt that you must not install on the client's machine. Yes, the software is licensed under gpl. how do I determine what run-time elements I need to install on the clien'ts machine and what is supposed to be skipped?
> The only binary installer provided is for the GPL version of PyQt. Qt has > separate installers. It's easy enough to use something like NSIS to create > your own installer for your application that includes everything that it > needs. that's exactly what I am planning, only need to figure out what all do I need to package apart from the application executable. by the way I will be using cx_freze for creating executables. so I hope I will not require to also ship the PYQT modules? > PyQt fully supports Python 2.5. but my problem is that I will only be able to use python 2.4, is that ok? the PYQT installer asks "you seam to have a version older than python25, would you still like to continue?" is it safe to do so? I did not find a gpl binary for PYQT that is made for python24. please give the URL if possible. > Google for the different ones and try them out. which is the best editor which I can consider simple, does auto indentation and has some kind of auto completion features? it is ok if I don't get a gui designer. > In addition to your application you need to distribute the Qt DLLs (and > plugins if you use them), the corresponding PyQt .pyd files and sip.pyd. If > you are using the GPL version of Qt then you may also need to consider the > MinGW DLLs. Finally you need to consider if you need to distribute Python > itself. > > You might like to look at tools like PyInstaller for creating single > executables. this is all confusing for me right now. can you please give me any links possible for having a binary qt installer that will also install dlls required by PYQT? and how will I be able to determine what dll files and what other components I will need to ship with my installer? thanks. Krishnakant. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
