packaging programs

[Brian Blais]

Hello,

What is the preferred way of packaging python programs? I know a bit about py2exe
(windows) and freeze (linux), but is there a way to package something if you assume
that they have python installed? For example, if you assume that they have Python
2.4, but don't have scipy/numpy/matplotlib, is there something which will locally
package these modules to distribute with the program? What are the options here?
Are there any good docs for this?

thanks,

Brian Blais

 

[Diez B. Roggisch]

Hello,

What is the preferred way of packaging python programs? I know a bit
about py2exe (windows) and freeze (linux), but is there a way to package
something if you assume that they have python installed? For example,
if you assume that they have Python 2.4, but don't have
scipy/numpy/matplotlib, is there something which will locally package
these modules to distribute with the program? What are the options here?
Are there any good docs for this?

setuptools. You can then distribute your application as an egg, which
basically is a zip-file.

Regards,

Diez