distutils can do this with a post-install script. See the distutils
documentation.
This is a script I wrote that did this (and other stuff):
import sys
import os
if sys.argv[1] == '-install':
# Append .py to scripts
os.rename(os.path.join(sys.prefix, 'Scripts', 'anikom15'),
os.path.join(sys.prefix, 'Scripts', 'anikom15.py'))
file_created(os.path.join(sys.prefix, 'Scripts', 'anikom15.py'))
# Create desktop and start menu shortcuts
desktop = get_special_folder_path("CSIDL_COMMON_DESKTOPDIRECTORY")
startmenu = get_special_folder_path("CSIDL_COMMON_STARTMENU")
create_shortcut(os.path.join(sys.prefix, 'Scripts', 'anikom15.py'),
"Launch Anikom15's Computer Game",
os.path.join(desktop, 'Anikom15.lnk'),
'', '',
os.path.join(sys.prefix, 'Icons', 'anikom15.ico'))
file_created(os.path.join(desktop, 'Anikom15.lnk'))
create_shortcut(os.path.join(sys.prefix, 'Scripts', 'anikom15.py'),
"Anikom15's Computer Game",
os.path.join(startmenu, 'Anikom15.lnk'),
'', '',
os.path.join(sys.prefix, 'Icons', 'anikom15.ico'))
file_created(os.path.join(startmenu, 'Anikom15.lnk'))
elif sys.argv[1] == '-remove':
pass
On Tue, 2011-02-01 at 21:43 +0000, Diesel wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'd like to add menu entry in the Program Menu as part of the
> installation of an application. Is it possible to do that from Python?
>
> Any examples or link? I have not been able to find anything with
> google...
>
> thanks in advance
> s/
>
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