[Pythonmac-SIG] Fink, DarwinPorts vs py2app

[Ronald Oussoren]

On 8-feb-05, at 15:51, Brendan Simons wrote:

> The conversation about Fink & Darwinports has
> introduced me to linuxy package managers for the first
> time, and I have to say, this looks much easier than
> trying to compile libraries and manage dependencies
> myself.
>
> My question:  can I use py2app to build a
> redistributable app that's statically linked to either
> package manager's libraries?  Or do I have to install
> Fink/DarwinPorts on each of my clients' machines?
>
> (I would like to develop an app that uses numeric,
> scientific python, wxPython, and matplotlib, which are
> all somewhat difficult to install by hand, but are all
> readily available via Fink or DarwinPorts)

py2app copies all required shared libraries into your application 
bundle. System libraries are not copied.

Ronald