ZIP is the wrong format. Use UPX with LZMA
On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 8:55 PM, Wojtek Mamrak <tacyt1...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks for the reply! > >> Can you import from zip files when running the Python.exe interpreter? > When I zip the folder "Lib" into Python27.zip and later rename it and > try to run the python.exe, I receive an error: > "Import error: no module named site" > >> Is the zip file included in sys.path? You might need to add this >> yourself after callying Py_Initialize(). > Before renaming the "Lib" folder, the path to the python27.zip exists > in sys.path. > >> Is there a top-level directory in the zip file that may be throwing >> the importer off? > I am testing all the cases so this is not the issue. > >> Are you getting any sort of error message? > When I run my app, it crashes while calling Py_Initialize(). The > console closes suddenly. > > Is it necessary to create zip archive using zipfile.PyZipFile? > > regards > > > 2011/5/5 Ian Kelly <ian.g.ke...@gmail.com> >> >> On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 3:09 PM, Wojtek Mamrak <tacyt1...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > Hello, >> > >> > I spent a lot of time googling for a solution of this problem, with no >> > result. >> > >> > I have a C++ application, in which I would like to embed Python >> > interpreter. >> > I don't want to rely on an interpreter being installed on user machine, >> > instead I would like to distribute all the necessary files with my app. >> > >> > As far as I understand, beside of my executable and Python.dll (I am using >> > Python27), I need to provide two folders: >> > - DLLs, >> > - Lib >> > >> > If I place the Lib folder and the contents of the DLLs folder in a >> > directory >> > of my executable, then everything seems to work. >> > However I would like to use a zipped Lib folder. Hence I made an archive >> > (which contains contents of Lib folder) called Python27.zip. Unfortunately >> > the app crashes during execution. >> > I assume the reason might be lack of zlib.pyd. Is that assumption correct? >> > If so, how to obtain it? If not, what am I doing wrong? >> >> I believe zlib.pyd is statically linked into python27.dll nowadays. >> Some things to check: >> >> Can you import from zip files when running the Python.exe interpreter? >> Is the zip file included in sys.path? You might need to add this >> yourself after callying Py_Initialize(). >> Is there a top-level directory in the zip file that may be throwing >> the importer off? >> Are you getting any sort of error message? >> -- >> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list > -- > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list > -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
