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| * tar up the source and send it. It's reasonable to expect that the end-user's host will have Python installed. MacOS comes that way; most Linux distributions do; and it's not onerous to insist that a Windows user install, for example, ActivePython * for Windows, use MovablePython * |
* tar up the source and send it. It's reasonable to expect that the end-user's host will have Python installed. MacOS comes that way; most Linux distributions do; and it's not onerous to insist that a Windows user install, for example, ActivePython; * for Windows, use MovablePython; * for this purpose, ["Pyrex"] can be regarded as a language variant to Python itself; * cx_Freeze * py2app is for Macintosh * py2exe * ... FredrikLundh [http://effbot.org/zone/python-compile.htm discussed] some of these in 2003. As of 2007, py2exe perhaps is second in use only to source distribution. |
One of the most-frequently asked questions of all time is this: "I have a Python application I've developed; how do I deliver it to my customer/friend/...?"
Here are typical answers:
tar up the source and send it. It's reasonable to expect that the end-user's host will have Python installed. MacOS comes that way; most Linux distributions do; and it's not onerous to insist that a Windows user install, for example, ActivePython;
for Windows, use MovablePython;
- for this purpose, ["Pyrex"] can be regarded as a language variant to Python itself;
- cx_Freeze
- py2app is for Macintosh
- py2exe
- ...
FredrikLundh [http://effbot.org/zone/python-compile.htm discussed] some of these in 2003.
As of 2007, py2exe perhaps is second in use only to source distribution.