Using McMillan Installer, PyInstall or py2exe cross-platform?

[Hartmut Goebel]

Hi,

has anybody used McMillan Installer, PyInstall or py2exe cross-platform?

I have a Windows partition with Python installed there, so this would
"only" required working on a different directory and for a different OS.
Since I'm working on Linux, it's awful to boot Windows each time I want
to build a new release.

Any hint in this area?

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[Grant Edwards]

Re: Using McMillan Installer, PyInstall or py2exe cross-platform?

On 2008-07-14, Hartmut Goebel <h.goebel@goebe l-consult.dewrote :

has anybody used McMillan Installer, PyInstall or py2exe cross-platform?

I know that py2exe doesn't work "cross-platform". I'd be very
surprised if the the others do.

I have a Windows partition with Python installed there, so
this would "only" required working on a different directory
and for a different OS. Since I'm working on Linux, it's awful
to boot Windows each time I want to build a new release.
>
Any hint in this area?

You can run Windows on a VM like Qemu and use that to build
distribution packages. You still have to "boot windows", but
at least you don't have to shut down Linux...

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[David Lyon]

Re: Using McMillan Installer, PyInstall or py2exe cross-platform?

Hi Hartmut,

I can sympathise with you on this one...

There are a few options...

there is a python based "bake" make like program... that is useful...

http://projects.bertram-scharpf.de/bake/bake1.html

then there is Wine... that is a windows emulator under linux... that
might be pretty easy.... http://www.winehq.org/

If you want to get more heavy-weight, then get a virtual machine.

But as per your question... the above specified options might satisfy
your requests for speed and ease of use without having to change O/S.

Regards

David




Hartmut Goebel wrote:

Hi,
>
has anybody used McMillan Installer, PyInstall or py2exe cross-platform?
>
I have a Windows partition with Python installed there, so this would
"only" required working on a different directory and for a different OS.
Since I'm working on Linux, it's awful to boot Windows each time I
want to build a new release.
>
Any hint in this area?
>

[Hartmut Goebel]

Re: Using McMillan Installer, PyInstall or py2exe cross-platform?

David Lyon schrieb:

there is a python based "bake" make like program... that is useful...
http://projects.bertram-scharpf.de/bake/bake1.html

I'm not in the need of a build program :-) I would use Scons therefor,
anyway.

then there is Wine... that is a windows emulator under linux... that
might be pretty easy.... http://www.winehq.org/

I don't like to use winw here, it would nor fit into my release process.

I started working on cross-pyinstall today.


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[Paul Boddie]

Re: Using McMillan Installer, PyInstall or py2exe cross-platform?

On 15 Jul, 23:00, Hartmut Goebel <h.goe...@goebe l-consult.dewrote :

>
I started working on cross-pyinstall today.

Let us know how you get on! In theory, one should be able to build
Python (and derived works) using the mingw32 libraries and a suitable
cross-compiler on platforms other than Windows, but I've never
bothered to do so myself.

Paul

[Hartmut Goebel]

Re: Using McMillan Installer, PyInstall or py2exe cross-platform?

Paul Boddie schrieb:

On 15 Jul, 23:00, Hartmut Goebel <h.goe...@goebe l-consult.dewrote :

>I started working on cross-pyinstall today.

>
Let us know how you get on! In theory, one should be able to build
Python (and derived works) using the mingw32 libraries and a suitable
cross-compiler on platforms other than Windows, but I've never
bothered to do so myself.

Pyinstaller trunk is now able to build exe for Windows on Linux/Unix.
This includes only the "bundling" of scripts and modules into an exe,
not compiling anything.

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