Windows distribution suggestions?

rbt rbt at athop1.ath.vt.edu
Tue May 17 11:19:39 EDT 2005


Bernhard Holzmayer wrote:
> Paul Rubin wrote:
> 
> 
>>As what must be penance for something or other, I'm needing to release
>>a Python app for use under Windows XP.  Please be gentle with me since
>>I'm a Un*x weenie and the only thing I've had much practice with under
>>Windows is rebooting it.
> 
> 
> I can feel your unhappiness, and I share it. Hi Paul!
> Here are some hints...
> 
> 
>>My app contains three different programs (say alice.py, bob.py, and
>>carol.py) that need to be independently launchable, and a dozen or so
>>other .py files that get imported into those first three.  What I'd
>>really really like is to make a single installer called (say)
>>"app.exe".  Launching app.exe should completely install Python, unpack
>>all the necessary modules, and make three icons (alice, bob, carol) on
>>the desktop.
> 
> 
> Since your installer needs to run before Python is installed, you need
> something else. Go to http://www.wisesolutions.com

Or, you could use a simple bat script... that's what I do.



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