[Pythonmac-SIG] sanity checks: building MacOS X app

Bob Ippolito bob@redivi.com
Tue, 25 Feb 2003 14:44:10 -0500


Yes, it will work, and the application will be gigantic.  The linking 
it will be tricky though.

Although, I highly recommend NOT using aquaTk.

-bob

On Tuesday, Feb 25, 2003, at 13:53 America/New_York, John Speno wrote:

> Dear MacPythonistas:
>
> I'm about to try bundling up my own python application for MacOS X 
> 10.2.
> I'd like a little sanity check before I start.
>
> My question is: Is this going to work?
>
> I want to distribute this as a single application bundle (MyApp.app). I
> need Tkinter, so I know I'll need to have the TCL and Tk frameworks in 
> my
> application. Of course it needs Python too. In addition, I need a 
> version
> of the cyrus-sasl library compiled differently than the one that Apple
> includes with the OS.
>
> So, here's what I imagine it looking like:
>
> MyApp.app/
>     Info.plist
>     MacOS/
>         MyApp   - sh wrapper to launch ../Resources/myapp/myapp.py
>         python  -> ../Frameworks/Python.framework/.../python
>     Frameworks/
>         TCL.framework/
>         Tk.framework/
>         Python.framework/
>     Resources/
>         myapp - my application modules
>         lib/
>             libsasl2
>
> Thanks!
>
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