How to bundle a Python application including dependencies?

python tkinter packaging
Florian Bösch picture Florian Bösch · Sep 20, 2008 · Viewed 52.7k times · Source

I need to package my Python application, its dependencies and Python into a single MSI installer. The end result should desirably be:

  • Python is installed in the standard location
  • the package and its dependencies are installed in a separate directory (possibly site-packages)
  • the installation directory should contain the Python uncompressed and a standalone executable is not required

Answer

pjz picture pjz · Sep 20, 2008

Kind of a dup of this question about how to make a python into an executable.

It boils down to:

py2exe on windows, Freeze on Linux, and py2app on Mac.

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