distributing python programs to non-geeks

[Clemens Wyss]

As for Ruby you can try rb2exe (http://jarh.hoops.livedoor.com/).
No Ruby-Installation required!

Clemens

Nivel Otri wrote:

> I've got some python and ruby scripts that some people have expressed
> an interest in being able to run, but most get scared away by having
> to go to install python/ruby, set up a directory for the scripts, etc.
>  (All are using some flavor of Windows.)
> 
> What would be ideal would be a way of generating a Windows installer
> for a python/ruby script, complete with an icon that can go on the
> desktop or in the start menu.  You would download the installer, run
> it, then double-click on the icon it generates, and it would run just
> like any other executable.  Obviously the installer would have to
> install python/ruby if it isn't there, and the icon would really fire
> up python/ruby with the arguments pointing to the script, etc., but
> all of this could be transparent to the user, so that it looks like
> any other installer and executable.
> 
> Has anything like this been done?  Or if not for python or ruby, is
> there another decent scripting language that would make it easy to do
> this kind of non-intimidating distribution?
> 
> Thanks!
>