no-installation version of python

[Fredrik Lundh]

mr.porteiro.head at gmail.com wrote:

> Is there a stand-alone version of python out there that I can package
> with my scripts so that I don't have to bother with something like
> py2exe?

why not just ship the standard python interpreter with your applications?

just make a copy of the c:\python24 (or 25) installation directory, and 
add your scripts and the Python core DLL (which is usually installed 
under c:\windows\system32\python24.dll (or 25) to it.

you may want to tweak your code to explicitly set sys.path to something 
nice, so that global PYTHONPATH settings (etc) won't interfere with your 
application.  for extra bonus points, remove the stuff your application 
doesn't need.

or you could just use py2exe.

or if you just want EXE files that you can use with an existing Python 
install, use exemaker:

     http://effbot.org/zone/exemaker.htm

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