I second Miguel's suggestion. It's been a few years since I've used it, but py2exe saved a LOT of heartache and support trouble when deploying to Windows. I recall having a very hard time with getting some remote users to set their Python path, and having an executable bypasses that.
If you want to go one step further, InnoSetup is a good tool for creating a simple installer so they can just install the app like they would any other program and have all of their shortcuts in place. http://www.jrsoftware.org/isinfo.php On Mon, Jan 12, 2015 at 9:10 AM, Miguel Grinberg <[email protected] > wrote: > Rich, > > The following packages convert a Python script into a Windows executable, > including Python itself and all the script’s dependencies: > > http://www.py2exe.org/ <http://www.py2exe.org/> > https://github.com/pyinstaller/pyinstaller/wiki < > https://github.com/pyinstaller/pyinstaller/wiki> > > Can’t comment on how these compare as I haven’t used them myself. > > Hope this helps! > > Miguel > > > > On Jan 12, 2015, at 8:58 AM, Rich Shepard <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > The Python/wxPython apps I've written have been for my own use, or use > by > > other linux users. Now I'm developing an application that will be used by > > those using various Microsoft Windows flavors. I know nothing about > Windows > > since the last time I used it was in 1996. The intended audience is also > not > > computer literate. > > > > I know that folks who want to use the tool need to install Python on > their > > machines. Do they also need to install all the subsystems (such as > wxPython) > > that are included in the main .py file? > > > > It will be a while before the application is ready for testing on > Windows > > but since this is brand-new territory for me I'd like to get an idea of > what > > I'm facing in distributing it. > > > > Rich > > _______________________________________________ > > Portland mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/portland > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > http://mail.python.org/pipermail/portland/attachments/20150112/4dc9ebc9/attachment.html > > > _______________________________________________ > Portland mailing list > [email protected] > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/portland > -- Jason Champion Chief Technology Officer Theme Dragon 503-840-4012 http://www.themedragon.com <[email protected]> -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://mail.python.org/pipermail/portland/attachments/20150112/7a3607cd/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ Portland mailing list [email protected] https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/portland
