Creating single .exe file without py2exe and pyinstaller

MRAB google at mrabarnett.plus.com
Mon Oct 20 18:47:55 EDT 2008


On Oct 20, 4:48 pm, Larry Bates <larry.ba... at vitalEsafe.com> wrote:
> Tino Wildenhain wrote:
> > Hi,
>
> > Abah Joseph wrote:
> >> I have written a small application of about 40-45 lines which is about
> >> 4KB, so I want to create a single .exe file from it, using py2exe it
> >> created unnecessary files, that just increase the size of the program
> >> and also less portable to me. What else can I use?
>
> > the "unneccessary files" you say, are what your 40-45 lines bring to
> > life.
>
> > 1) just distribute the 40-45 lines - but this requires python
> >    installation on users end
>
> > 2) use a python to C(++) compiler and compile the result to .exe,
> >    works pretty well for simple applications:
>
> >    http://shed-skin.blogspot.com/
>
> > Regards
> > Tino
>
> 3) Stop worrying about the size of the distribution.  In today's world 4Mb is
> trivial to download.
>
Unless you're still on dialup...



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