Yes, the .dll files will have to be installed separately. So that's one step.
I'd like to package the Python code together and have it all in one directory (which it currently is). Trying to limit human intervention (error) as much as possible. It does look like I'm going to have to have them pip install some modules though. Things like numpy, etc. I wish I could avoid that, but I don't see a way around it. I'll try the Hello World first and see what happens. Thanks for the reminder. Sometimes you get so far into the forest you can't find a tree to save your behind. Thank you, On Mon, Feb 18, 2019 at 4:08 PM Oscar Benjamin <oscar.j.benja...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Mon, 18 Feb 2019 at 13:41, Chip Wachob <wach...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > The code that I've written is entirely Python. There are necessary > libraries that go along with that, and, due to my inexperience, I am not > 100% certain they are pure Python or not. Some of the drivers from the IC > manufacturer (FTDI) are .dll files that get installed on the machine, and > I'm sure that's going to have to be a separate step. > > Do you mean that the users will already need to run a separate > installer for the drivers which is already available somewhere? Or do > you mean that you want to bundle those DLLs yourself? > > If you are bundling the DLLs then it's no longer pure Python and the > zipapp approach won't work (DLLs cannot be used from inside a zip > file). In that case py2exe/pyinstaller would be the only possible one > file solutions I know of - they also basically zip up your code but in > a self-extracting exe. > > > I've been tooling around with PyInstaller over the last couple of days, > and it seems to be getting me closer to what I would like. Unfortunately, > I seem to have hundreds of 'missing' modules. I'm sure that something must > be missing because I can't launch the .exe file that is created. It looks > like it is going to run, then it comes up and says it can't execute the > script (not the exact words, but you get the idea). I'm just not sure how > to cull the 'necessary' modules from the ancillary ones. > > Yeah, you can spend a long time going through that. I guess you've > probably already read this: > > https://pyinstaller.readthedocs.io/en/v3.3.1/operating-mode.html#analysis-finding-the-files-your-program-needs > The suggestion there is to get everything working in one folder mode > before trying one file mode. > > Before that though: have you got it working with a hello world type > Python script (no dependencies)? > > -- > Oscar > _______________________________________________ > Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor > _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
