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andiwin
andiwin

Reputation: 1602

Copy Python project folder to computer without python, can I run it?

So I develop a python application and I plan to copy the whole folder for my friend to use it as end-user.

But my friend does not have python installed in the computer and I don't want to make them install it since he is not a developer. In my project I have set up the virtualenv with python.exe inside it but without the site-packages, and I copy the virtualenv together with the project folder.

Is it possible to do this kind of setup so the application in the other end runs without python installed?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1266

Answers (1)

Gal Ben David
Gal Ben David

Reputation: 410

virtualenv is a good option if you are transferring the folder between two same operating systems. In order to include the correspond site packages that are already installed in your computer, install them inside the virtualenv context by doing pip install in the virtualenv shell.

You could use pip freeze to get a list of installed python packages from your computer.

You could then include a .bat file (if it is a windows system) or .sh file (if its a linux system) so it would run your script with the virtualenv context.

Upvotes: 1

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