I do not believe that PyInstaller installs all of Python. For example, I was told that it does not install the pip module, which is a key one for my use-case because it would allow a simple upgrade path and a way to install plugins.
On Sun, Jan 24, 2021 at 5:23 PM Brendan Simon <bren...@brendansimon.com> wrote: > On 24/1/21 1:34 pm, Paul Prescod wrote: > > Does there exist any easy way to install a totally sandboxed python > > installation > > > > * with all standard libraries, > > * plus my app > > * on Mac, windows and Linux? > > * with a single installer? > > > > I don’t think this is the use-case for pyinstaller but is there any > > tool in the categorubthat makes it easy to build that kind of a fat > > multi platform installer? > > > > - Paul > > > > That is exactly what PyInstaller does (or can do). You have to run it > on each platform to build the app bundle for each target (Mac, Windows, > Linux). > > The only other alternative (i know of) is Briefcase (Beeware). It does > the same/similar thing as PyInstaller. > > Brendan. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "PyInstaller" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to pyinstaller+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pyinstaller/CAAKstZJQ0ryvrCQe9CkRTuO%2BXFb3HUO%2BOQTFmvdVcffgFPosDA%40mail.gmail.com.
