| Martin v. Löwis | 8ffe9ab | 2004-08-22 13:34:34 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1 | Packaging Python as a Microsoft Installer Package (MSI) |
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| 4 | Using this library, Python can be packaged as a MS-Windows |
| 5 | MSI file. To generate an installer package, you need |
| 6 | a build tree. By default, the build tree root directory |
| 7 | is assumed to be in "../..". This location can be changed |
| 8 | by adding a file config.py; see the beginning of msi.py |
| 9 | for additional customization options. |
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| 11 | The packaging process assumes that binaries have been |
| 12 | generated according to the instructions in PCBuild/README.txt, |
| 13 | and that you have either Visual Studio or the Platform SDK |
| 14 | installed. In addition, you need the Python COM extensions, |
| 15 | either from PythonWin, or from ActivePython. |
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| 17 | To invoke the script, open a cmd.exe window which has |
| 18 | cabarc.exe in its PATH (e.g. "Visual Studio .NET 2003 |
| 19 | Command Prompt"). Then invoke |
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| 21 | <path-to-python.exe> msi.py |
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| 23 | If everything succeeds, pythonX.Y.Z.msi is generated |
| 24 | in the current directory. |
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