Python deployment options.

[Chris_147]

king kikapu wrote:
> Hi to all folks here,
>
> i just bought a book and started reading about this language.
> I want to ask what options do we have to deploy a python program to
> users that do not have the labguage installed ??
>
> I mean, can i make an executable file, or something that contains the
> runtime and the modules that the program only use or am i forced to
> download the language to the user machine so the .py  files can be run
> ??
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> king kikapu

Well, on Windows you have to look for the Py2Exe package
(www.py2exe.org)
On Mac OS X you can use Py2App
(http://undefined.org/python/py2app.html)

Mind you, on Windows there is one big potentional problem: Python is
compiled with Visual Studio 2003 and needs msvcr71.dll.  So Py2Exe
wants to distribute that dll also, but if you don't have a valid Visual
Studio license, you are not allowed to.
It is explained further in this thread:
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/browse_frm/thread/bccb45b7dae7ddd5/dacec12e300a74d4#dacec12e300a74d4

I doubt Microsoft will unleash their lawyers on you, but it is a
problem.