[python-win32] pywin32 install via setuptools -- conclusion?

[Mike Driscoll]

Michael Gundlach wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 8, 2008 at 9:52 AM, Mike Driscoll
> <mdriscoll at co.marshall.ia.us> wrote:
>   
>> Michael Gundlach wrote:
>>     
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Sorry to be dense, but I assume you mean the ActiveState cookbook at http://code.activestate.com/recipes/langs/python/ ?
>>>
>>>       
>> He's probably referring to "ActivePython":
>>
>> http://www.activestate.com/Products/activepython/index.mhtml
>> http://www.activestate.com/Products/activepython/feature_list.mhtml
>>
>> Mike
>>     
>
> Thanks, Mike.
>
> Michel, thanks for the tip.  Having my users install the ActivePython
> distribution isn't really a better solution, as I'd just be replacing
> "install pywin32" with "install ActivePython".
>
> Instead, I'm looking for a way to use distutils to install my module
> on a user's computer, and at the same time, install the necessary bits
> of pywin32 so that COM object consumption and COM event registration
> are supported.  That way, the user just types
>
>     easy_install <my_package_name>
>
> and voila, everything is in place.
>
> If this doesn't exist yet for pywin32, I might be willing to have a go
> at writing the patch, if I had some pointers.  Perhaps it would be
> possible to make a distutils pywin32 package which turned around,
> downloaded the install executable, and ran it; then module developers
> could install_requires pywin32 and it would Just Work.  I'm new to
> distutils, pywin32, and COM, but I'm willing to learn :)
>
> Any more ideas, anyone?
>
> Michael
>   
I think easy_install supports a lot of that. If you set up your 
"setup.py" file correctly, it will try to download what you want or give 
a message to the user to do it manually. Getting just bits and pieces of 
pywin32 probably isn't something that it supports, however. And I don't 
think Hammond has an egg version of Pywin32 either...if there was one, 
then easy_install would work.

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