Embedding Python's library as zip file

[Alec Taylor]

ZIP is the wrong format.

Use UPX with LZMA

On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 8:55 PM, Wojtek Mamrak <tacyt1007 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks for the reply!
>
>> Can you import from zip files when running the Python.exe interpreter?
> When I zip the folder "Lib" into Python27.zip and later rename it and
> try to run the python.exe, I receive an error:
> "Import error: no module named site"
>
>> Is the zip file included in sys.path?  You might need to add this
>> yourself after callying Py_Initialize().
> Before renaming the "Lib" folder, the path to the python27.zip exists
> in sys.path.
>
>> Is there a top-level directory in the zip file that may be throwing
>> the importer off?
> I am testing all the cases so this is not the issue.
>
>> Are you getting any sort of error message?
> When I run my app, it crashes while calling Py_Initialize(). The
> console closes suddenly.
>
> Is it necessary to create zip archive using zipfile.PyZipFile?
>
> regards
>
>
> 2011/5/5 Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly at gmail.com>
>>
>> On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 3:09 PM, Wojtek Mamrak <tacyt1007 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Hello,
>> >
>> > I spent a lot of time googling for a solution of this problem, with no
>> > result.
>> >
>> > I have a C++ application, in which I would like to embed Python interpreter.
>> > I don't want to rely on an interpreter being installed on user machine,
>> > instead I would like to distribute all the necessary files with my app.
>> >
>> > As far as I understand, beside of my executable and Python.dll (I am using
>> > Python27), I need to provide two folders:
>> >  - DLLs,
>> >  - Lib
>> >
>> > If I place the Lib folder and the contents of the DLLs folder in a directory
>> > of my executable, then everything seems to work.
>> > However I would like to use a zipped Lib folder. Hence I made an archive
>> > (which contains contents of Lib folder) called Python27.zip. Unfortunately
>> > the app crashes during execution.
>> > I assume the reason might be lack of zlib.pyd. Is that assumption correct?
>> > If so, how to obtain it? If not, what am I doing wrong?
>>
>> I believe zlib.pyd is statically linked into python27.dll nowadays.
>> Some things to check:
>>
>> Can you import from zip files when running the Python.exe interpreter?
>> Is the zip file included in sys.path?  You might need to add this
>> yourself after callying Py_Initialize().
>> Is there a top-level directory in the zip file that may be throwing
>> the importer off?
>> Are you getting any sort of error message?
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