Python application deployment?

[Mike C. Fletcher]

There's FAQ's for this, but here's the short summary:

    Use py2exe or McMillan Installer, both generate stand-alone apps
    with just those parts of Python you need

    Package the results up however you like (e.g. I use the free Inno
    Setup package) and distribute.

Results w/ py2exe tend to be fairly good in my experience.  You wind up 
with "normal" seeming download sizes for non-trivial applications (e.g. 
4 or 5 MB for a small wxPython GUI application (wxPython is fairly 
monolithic when built, so it takes a lot of space) with ZODB database 
support and various win32-specific functions).  For non-GUI apps that's 
going to be considerably smaller.

HTH,
Mike

kkennedy wrote:

>Is there a way to deploy the Python "runtime" with your Python
>scripts?  I am only concerned with Windows (since most Linux distros
>would already have it installed).  I would like it to be smaller than
>the 7 MB download available from python.org, and be able to be
>installed transparent to the user.  In other words, it would be nice
>to be able to simply unzip the files needed to run my scripts without
>the user having to download and install the full Python windows setup,
>and then download and install my Python scripts seperately.
>
>Are there any tools to make this doable by the common programmer?
>  
>

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