'Tool like PyInstaller but without the bundling?
I have a GUI app that I would like to distribute using PyInstaller, but it can sometimes be difficult to get PyInstaller apps to run due to complex imports and/or dlls. It would be nice if there were a backup options where we could create a launcher that just relies on a local Python installation, where we can be more confident that the dependencies are in order. Setuptools claims to support something similar, but it is based on the deprecated Easy-Install, and is not supported by pip.
This may seem like a trivial task, but here are the main three things I'd like this tool to do:
- Create an OS appropriate executable launcher (Windows, Mac or Linux) in a user-specified directory
- The launcher should activate the appropriate Python environment if necessary
- Copy any application config files that the user might need to change to the application directory
Solution 1:[1]
Seems like Pyshortcuts can handle the first two requirements. Copying of config files would then need to be handled by either the application or as part of an install script.
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| Solution | Source |
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| Solution 1 | Andrew |