Creating interactive command-line Python app?

Steven D'Aprano steve+comp.lang.python at pearwood.info
Sat Dec 13 18:35:37 EST 2014


Akira Li wrote:

> Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python at pearwood.info> writes:
> 
>> rfreundlich21 at colonial.net wrote:
>>
>>> um, what if I want to USE a command line for python WITHOUT downloading
>>> or installing it????
>>
>> Who are you talking to? What is the context?
>>
>> Like all software, you can't use Python apps without all their
>> dependencies being installed. If you use the Linux operating system, it
>> will have Python already installed. Otherwise, you will have to install
>> it.
>>
>> If you can't install it, or don't want to, you can't use Python.
> 
> cx_Freeze, PyInstaller, py2exe, etc allow to create a standalone
> distribution i.e., you could ship your executable with a bundled Python
> interpreter.


You still have to download and install the application.

Sounds to me like the OP wants to use the Python interactive interpreter
without installing Python.


-- 
Steven




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