[Distutils] Using Scripts\foo.exe on a python which doesn't have Distribute installed?

[Matt Wilkie]

That looks very interesting Nick!

Do you know of any small or smallish programs using this I could
inspect and learn from? Most of the references I find surround
pyinstaller it's specfile format.

thanks,

-matt



On Sat, May 25, 2013 at 1:02 AM, Nick Coghlan <ncoghlan at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Matt, if you don't have any C extensions to deal with and can
> assume Python is already present on the destination system, then a
> zipfile with a __main__.py file may also be a suitable solution (see
> PEP 441 for more info about that feature - it's been supported since
> 2.6, the PEP just proposes some better tools in the standard library
> for creating them)
>
> Cheers,
> Nick.
>
>
> On Sat, May 25, 2013 at 5:46 PM, Matt Wilkie <maphew at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Thanks PJ.
>>
>> I haven't used py2exe as I don't want to redistribute python also,
>> just our program. I'll dig into your other suggestions and see where I
>> end up.
>>
>> -matt
>>
>>
>> On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 10:22 PM, PJ Eby <pje at telecommunity.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 8:12 PM, Matt Wilkie <maphew at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> > How do I get my installer to include Distribute so I don't have to tell our
>>> > users "before you install our program you have to go install this other
>>> > program"?
>>>
>>> Setuptools (which Distribute is based on) is designed for shipping
>>> libraries, not applications; it's developer installer, not primarily
>>> an end-user installer for applications.  So you probably should be
>>> using py2exe instead.
>>>
>>> Alternatively, you can bundle a copy of pkg_resources.py, or use a
>>> script that doesn't depend on entry points, or copy your script to
>>> "foo-script.py" alongside the .exe launcher, and manually include
>>> those two files as scripts (not using entry points) in your setup()
>>> definition.
>>>
>>> Any of these approaches will solve the problem; it's mostly a matter
>>> of your preferences or other requirements.
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