On Saturday 18 November 2006 6:22 pm, krishnakant Mane wrote: > 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?
I've already said what you need. Try it and see if anything else is needed. > > 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. You will have to compile PyQt yourself for Python 2.4. This is straightforward. When you install the GPL version of Qt it will install a copy of the MinGW compiler for you. > > 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. Qt includes 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. Take it one step at a time and test your installation on a clean system. Phil -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
