[Pythonmac-SIG] PackMan issues

[Kevin Ollivier]

Hi Bob,

On Nov 1, 2003, at 1:54 PM, Bob Ippolito wrote:

>
> On Nov 1, 2003, at 4:46 PM, Just van Rossum wrote:
>
>> Kevin Ollivier wrote:
>>
>>> http://www.theolliviers.com/python/wxpm/
>>
>> Looks nice!
>>
>>> There are a few other nice features added in as well, which I list on
>>> the web site. BTW, it includes the wxPython extension libs, so it
>>> should work even if you don't have wxPython installed. (I say should
>>> because my I don't have a spare Mac without wxPython to test with.)
>>
>> It doesn't:
>>
>> Traceback (most recent call last):
>>   File
>> "/Volumes/wxPackageManager/wxPackageManager.app/Contents/Resources/
>> wxPackageManager.py", line 32, in ?
>>     from wxPython.wx import *
>> ImportError: No module named wxPython.wx
>>
>> One thing you should try is the bundlebuilder --semi-standalone 
>> option.
>> Bob writes on the MacPython channel: "you have to put libwx in the
>> Frameworks directory". You can do that with the --lib option.
>
> It he did --lib, but not --semi-standalone.  I'm unsure if even this 
> would actually work (wxWindows has localization files and stuff 
> elsewhere in /usr/local).  I've never tried to make a standalone 
> bundle out of any wx app.

I have successfully distributed standalone apps built with wxPython 
before using bundlebuilder. Some of the people using it are people who 
don't even really know what Python and wxPython are, much less have any 
of these tools installed on their machine, so this does work. ;-)

Thanks,

Kevin