On May 20, 3:01 pm, Chris Rebert <c...@rebertia.com> wrote: > > "Chris Rebert" <c...@rebertia.com> wrote in message > >news:mailman.426.1242792992.8015.python-l...@python.org... > >> On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 8:55 PM, Paul Hemans <dar...@nowhere.com> wrote: > >>> Hi, > >>> I am new to Python, and after a lot of sweat and tears, I have my first > >>> app. > >>> Now I need to deploy it to end-users. The application includes the use of > >>> lxml and sqlAlchemy so I need those to install automatically as part of > >>> the > >>> installation process. I really don't want the users having to download > >>> various modules and install them. Is this facility (to download and > >>> install > >>> other packages seamlessly) part of distutils? If so, I have been looking > >>> around for a simple tutorial on the topic but haven't found anything yet. > >>> Can anyone point me to some information? > > >> Since I'm guessing your platform is Windows, you'll probably be > >> interested in py2exe -http://www.py2exe.org/ > > >> Cheers, > >> Chris > On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 9:31 PM, Paul Hemans <dar...@nowhere.com> wrote: > > Hi Chris, > > Yes I do intend to use py2exe for windows installation but I don't > > understand how it will help me distribute lxml and sqlAlchemy as part of the > > install, or am I missing something? > > Granted I haven't used Windows (and thus py2exe) in a while, but last > I recall the executable it produced was a self-contained Python > executable containing the main script and all its necessary > modules/libraries. I think there were some issues getting it to > include certain finnicky third-party libraries, but once tweaked > properly it could be coaxed to include them. > > Thus, you don't need to install/distribute the libraries at all; > they'll be included as part of the generated executable. Then to > distribute/install your program, you just copy the executable (and > maybe a DLL or two, again it's been a while). > > Cheers, > Chris > --http://blog.rebertia.com- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text -
Ah, I was overcomplicating things (again). Thanks -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
