Zipped Python?

[Benjamin Kaplan]

On Sat, Jul 4, 2009 at 8:03 PM, Jeremy Cowles<jeremy.cowles at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> I'm looking for a full 2.5 or 2.6 version of Python that is zipped (i.e.
>>> no
>>> install). My intentions are to use it for a distributed computing project
>>> (PyMW) where there is no guarantee that Python is installed on the worker
>>> machines and an interactive install is out of the question.
>>>
>>> I've been looking around, but I haven't been able to turn anything useful
>>> up
>>> so far. Any help would be appreciated.
>>>
>>>
>> How about portable python:
>>     http://www.portablepython.com/
>>
>> or Movable Python:
>>      http://www.voidspace.org.uk/python/movpy/
>
> Sorry, forgot - I need something that will work for Windows, Linux and Mac.
> It could be 3 different distros (zips), but I need something for all three.
> Both portable python and movable Python are Windows only.

OS X and most, if not all, Linux distributions come with Python
preinstalled (they use them for system features) so no one bothered to
make something like Portable Python for them.

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