packaging python code in zip file

[Nitin Pawar]

have u tried using setuptools and distutils

they are used for python package distributions

On Thu, Dec 9, 2010 at 5:02 PM, mark jason <markjason72 at gmail.com> wrote:

> hi,
> I have created a python app in eclipse pydev .The app is structured as
> below..
>
> mypackage
>  |______ __init__.py
>  |______ driver.py
>  |______ helper.py
>  |______ utils.py
>
> The driver.py has the main program.I have added if
> __name__=="__main__" block in  the
>
> driver.py and pydev's run configuration has the following values,
> Project : myproject
> Main Module :${workspace_loc:myproject/src/mypackage/driver.py}
>  So,the app runs in pydev without any problems.
>
> Then I thought of providing the modules as a zip file.So I created a
> zip file containing
> mypackage directory.The user should be able to unzip the zip file and
> run the application from command line .
>
> What bothers me is that ,the user will have to cd to mypackage folder
> and run python driver.py..
> This doesn't look like the proper way..
> I also thought of  putting the driver,helper,utils modules in a folder
> called mycode and zipping it without the __init__.py file .
> I am not sure which is the correct way.
> Can somebody advise me as to how I can package it better?
>
> thanks,
>
> mark
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