In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Serge Orlov" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Svein Brekke wrote: > > > Seriously, if you're only interested in Windows, just use py2exe, > > > or if you want Linux+Windows, try cx_Freeze. > > > > According to the command line help for cx_Freeze and py2exe, they > > cannot pack my program with additional installation files into one > > self-extracting .exe file (which is what I want to do). > > > > Am I wrong on this? > > You're right, but that doesn't mean py2exe is not for you. Packing > a program, displaying a license, choosing installation directory > is not Python specific, just use a generic installer. They are better > because they have much more users than Python specific installers. > See for example http://nsis.sourceforge.net/features/featurelist/ > > Use py2exe to bundle python core, extentions and your program into > one directory, then use nsis to create the installator. It's not so much about the installation I suppose. A friend of mine is packaging an app for Windows, and he _really_ likes the installed thing to be a single-file .exe, not a folder with many things. Apparently McMillan Installer does that very nicely. Too bad it doesn't support Python 2.4 (yet). Just -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
