Distributing Python Apps on Linux\BSD

[Miki]

Hello,

Disclaimer: I'm not an expert on the subject.

> Setuptools and friends seem to be focused on distributing modules, I'm
> at the other end of the scale where I want to distribute an entire
> application so that an Administrator can run a single install and have
> a fully operational product. A key requirement is that I want the
> application to fit in with what and admin would expect an application
> to look like at the system level i.e site-packages like structures
> aren't suitable.
You do that with distutils as well.

> So far I've thought of using a configure script and make which would
> call some custom python installer script to do the actual install. It
> fits in nicely with what I want to achieve but are there any better
> options out there, how are others doing the same thing?
Every distro flavor has it's own installer: apt/deb, rpm, port, ...
On Windows you can use one of the free installer (InnoSetup and
friends).

HTH,
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Miki <miki.tebeka at gmail.com>
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