Movable Python or ActivePython

[python at bdurham.com]

Balzer,

I took a look at the zip version of ActiveState's Python.

There's a related thread in on this mailing list where I asked if the
zip files are missing the Microsoft VC runtime files required by the
Python interpreter.

According to Trent from ActiveState, this is indeed the case.

I recommend taking a look at this thread and contacting ActiveState to
see when they expect to have a fix.

You might also try taking a look at Py2exe and building your own Python
"run time" (minus Idle).

Malcolm


----- Original message -----
From: "balzer" <nospam at news.eternal-september.org>
To: python-list at python.org
Date: Fri, 7 May 2010 15:31:32 +0300
Subject: Re: Movable Python or ActivePython


"Sridhar Ratnakumar" <sridharr at activestate.com> wrote in message 
news:mailman.2638.1273083585.23598.python-list at python.org...

On 2010-05-05, at 5:47 AM, balzer wrote:

> I want Python pack that can run without being installed, mostly for 
> testing programs. As I read, Movable Python can run without being 
> installed. It needs no registry entries and knows the path to all the dlls 
> (system or otherwise) that it uses.
> Whats about ActivePython 
> http://www.activestate.com/activepython/downloads? Does it requires 
> installation?

The .MSI installer does require installation, but there is also a .ZIP 
package which doesn't. It is not visible in the downloads page, but you
can 
always get it here:

    http://downloads.activestate.com/ActivePython/releases/2.6.5.12/
    (substitute with latest version)

When I just tried the "ActivePython-2.6.5.12-win64-x64.zip" on my Win7
x64 
machine - by extracting and running python.exe (from INSTALLDIR/)
without 
installing - it just worked.

-srid

===========
Not works for me. I tried run python script from INSTALLDIR/ - not works
for 
me. Looks,  its extremely inconveniet, not user-friendly.
There's a vaste quanity of various stuff inside pyhon folders. 

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