On Aug 23, 1:52 pm, Stephen Hansen <me+list/pyt...@ixokai.io> wrote: > On 8/23/11 8:29 AM, Eric Lemings wrote: > > > I would like to create/find a Python 3.x distribution that can be > > redeployed simply by copying a directory of required files; i.e. > > Just take the default installer, install it, and then check the Python > directory: does it have the python DLL? If not, go look into the > system32 directory, grab it, drop it in the Python directory. (If you > installed for all-users this will happen, > > Now copy/zip/whatever that Python directory to another machine where it > was not installed. It'll work fine. > > You'll have to explicitly provide the path to the Python.exe of course; > you can't just double-click on a .py or run 'python blah.py', but if > your shortcuts/whatever all do C:\Where\You\Installed\Python.exe, > everything should just work. > > We do that at work and never run into any trouble. (We actually provide > a MSI but only for convenience of customers who want to auto-install via > Group Policy). > > In most situations, Python's good at "finding itself", i.e. where the > python.exe is actually located -- and it boostraps the location of > everything else based on that. > > -- > > Stephen Hansen > ... Also: Ixokai > ... Mail: me+list/python (AT) ixokai (DOT) io > ... Blog:http://meh.ixokai.io/ > > signature.asc > < 1KViewDownload
Excellent start. Which files comprise the standard Python library? Only the files in the 'Lib' subdirectory or are more needed? -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
