Requirements

• Python 2.5 or later
• py2exe
• pywin32
• InnoSetup

Features

• You can use your customized InnoSetup Script.
• installer metadata over setup() metadata
• generate AppId(GUID) from setup() metadata See the innosetup.InnoScript.appid property.
• bundle exe and com dll and dependent libs and resources
• bundle msvcr and mfc and their manifest
• bundle all installed InnoSetup's language file (If there is no valid [Languages] section.)
• create windows exe's shortcut
• register com_server and service
• check the Windows version with Python version
• fix a problem py2exe.mf misses some modules (ex. win32com.shell)

An example

from distutils.core import setup
import py2exe, innosetup

# All options are same as py2exe options.
setup(
    name='example',
    version='1.0.0.0',
    license='PSF or other',
    author='you',
    author_email='you@your.domain',
    description='description',
    url='http://www.your.domain/example', # generate AppId from this url
    options={
        'py2exe': {
            # `innosetup` gets the `py2exe`'s options.
            'compressed': True,
            'optimize': 2,
            'bundle_files': 3,
            },
        'innosetup': {
            # user defined iss file path or iss string
            'inno_script': innosetup.DEFAULT_ISS, # default is ''
            # bundle msvc files
            'bundle_vcr': True, # default is True
            # zip setup file
            'zip': False, # default is False, bool() or zip file name
            # create shortcut to startup if you want.
            'regist_startup': True, # default is False
            }
        },
    com_server=[
        {'modules': ['your_com_server_module'], 'create_exe': False},
        ],
    # and other metadata ...
    )

Do the command setup.py innosetup. Then you get InnoSetup script file named distdistutils.iss and the installation file named distexample-1.0.0.0.exe.

History

0.6.3

• change versioning policy (remove build number).
• add utf-8 bom to .iss file by Jerome Ortais, thanx.
• pick up COPYING file for [setup]/LicenseFile by Jerome Ortais, thanx.