Create a stand-alone Windows distribution of a Python program
Project description
Utility to create a stand-alone distribution of a Python program, either a console or GUI program. py2win uses Python embedded distribution and pip to create the stand-alone distribution.
Installation
You first need to install Microsoft Visual Studio, compatible with your current Python installation. Then simply run:
pip install py2winHow to use
As a command in setup.py
Define at least one entry point in your setup.py.
setup(
...
entry_points={
'gui_scripts': ['sample-gui=sample.gui:main'],
'console_scripts': ['sample-console=sample.console:main'],
},
...
)Run the bdist_windows command
python setup.py --command-packages py2win bdist_windowsAs a separate script to create an embedded distribution
from py2win.embed import EmbedPython
embed = EmbedPython('sample', '1.2.0')
embed.add_wheel(filepath_to_wheel_of_your_project)
embed.add_script('project.gui', 'main', 'project-gui', console=False)
embed.run(destination_directory)Release notes
0.1.0
First release
License
The library is provided under the MIT license.
Copyright (c) 2017 Philippe Pinard
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