Is it possible to run a .py file on a computer that doesn't have Python installed?
I'm asking this because I was messing around with py2exe and noticed that every time I built an executable, it would create a 'python26.dll' along with some other files.
I was wondering, if I wanted to distribute a script to another computer without Python, could I run .py files by just packaging the 'python26.dll' with my script in a zip?
It's not quite as simple!
However you use Portable Python. It installs a portable version of Python right on an inexpensive USB flash drive (plan on 150MB for each version). You can use the flash drive now on Windows computers that do not have Python installed. It comes in Python25, Python26 and Python30 flavors. See:
http://www.portablepython.com/releases/
Portable Python 1.1 based on Python 2.5.4 -->
Python25
Django-1.0.2-final (for web development)
IPython-0.9.1
Matplotlib-0.98.5.2 ( for graphic plotting)
Numpy-1.2.1 (for high speed arrays)
PIL-1.1.6 (for image manipulation)
Py2exe-0.6.9 (packed python code to .exe files)
PyGame-1.8.1 (the python game toolkit)
PyReadline-1.5
PyScripter v1.9.9.6 (a very nice IDE to write programs with)
PyWin32-212 (window extension library)
Rpyc-2.60 (remote python)
Scipy-0.7.0b1 (a high spped scientific toolkit)
SPE-0.8.4.c (another very nice IDE)
VPython-3.2.11 (for 3D scientific modeling)
wxPython-unicode-2.8.9.1 (a popular GUI toolkit)
Portable Python 1.1 based on Python 2.6.1 -->
Python26
Django-1.0.2-final
IPython-0.9.1
PIL-1.1.6
Py2exe-0.6.9
PyGame-1.8.1
PyReadline-1.5
PyScripter v1.9.9.6
PyWin32-212
Rpyc-2.60
SPE-0.8.4.c
wxPython-unicode-2.8.9.1
What you need to do is:
Make a program(duh!)
Compile it with py2exe
Download the Microsoft Redistributable Package: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=32bc1bee-a3f9-4c13-9c99-220b62a191ee&displaylang=en
Share the whole 'dist' folder which you get after running py2exe with your friends, along with the 'vcredist_x86.exe' file
Tell them to install the redist file first, and then run the program
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