[PyQt] Porting PyQt GUI between platforms.

2010-08-02 Thread Algis Kabaila
Hi, To help my 24 yr old grandson to plan his finances, I wrote a little Python script. It appears that the CLI is not acceptable to a modern MS Window user. So I've added a simple PyQt GUI to it in my Linux platform (kubuntu 10.04). I now need to port it to MS Windows, probably to the Win XP

Re: [PyQt] Porting PyQt GUI between platforms.

2010-08-02 Thread Juan Manuel Santos
From: Algis Kabaila To: pyqt@riverbankcomputing.com Date: Monday 02 August 2010 > Hi, > > To help my 24 yr old grandson to plan his finances, I wrote a little Python > script. It appears that the CLI is not acceptable to a modern MS Window > user. So I've added a simple PyQt GUI to it in my Lin

Re: [PyQt] Porting PyQt GUI between platforms.

2010-08-02 Thread Algis Kabaila
On Tuesday 03 August 2010 11:24:17 Juan Manuel Santos wrote: > From: Algis Kabaila > To: pyqt@riverbankcomputing.com > Date: Monday 02 August 2010 > > > Hi, > > > > To help my 24 yr old grandson to plan his finances, I wrote a little > > Python script. It appears that the CLI is not acceptable

Re: [PyQt] Porting PyQt GUI between platforms.

2010-08-02 Thread Juan Manuel Santos
From: Algis Kabaila To: pyqt@riverbankcomputing.com, vicariou...@gmail.com Date: Tuesday 03 August 2010 > Hi Juan, > > I've tried your first suggestion and just took the script and the gui to a > windows box and ran the python starting script. It just worked! > > I am thrilled and astonished -

Re: [PyQt] Porting PyQt GUI between platforms.

2010-08-02 Thread Raoul Snyman
On Tue, 3 Aug 2010 13:56:19 +1000, Algis Kabaila wrote: > I do have a VM (Virtual Machine) with Win2000 on my PC, so will use it to > find out what Qt installation will allow the script to run there. I have > not tried the py2exe, but will do so RSN. Don't bother with py2exe, it doesn't work well

Re: [PyQt] Porting PyQt GUI between platforms.

2010-08-02 Thread Algis Kabaila
On Tuesday 03 August 2010 14:30:33 Raoul Snyman wrote: > On Tue, 3 Aug 2010 13:56:19 +1000, Algis Kabaila wrote: > > I do have a VM (Virtual Machine) with Win2000 on my PC, so will use it > > to > > > find out what Qt installation will allow the script to run there. I > > have > > > not tried

Re: [PyQt] Porting PyQt GUI between platforms.

2010-08-02 Thread Raoul Snyman
On Tue, 3 Aug 2010 15:05:31 +1000, Algis Kabaila wrote: > On which platform is best to use PyInstaller? The porting is from Linux > to Windows. I use PyInstaller for packaging my PyQt4 app for Windows and OS X. For Linux/FreeBSD I just use the package management system for each distribution, like

Re: [PyQt] Porting PyQt GUI between platforms.

2010-08-03 Thread Peter Schmidtke
Dear all, I am interested in using PyInstaller for packaging bigger projects together consisting of multiple python modules and classes. Dependencies are things like numpy, matplotlib, rdkit pygresql. Is there a way of doing this with PyInstaller and if yes how. I found the documentation a bit

Re: [PyQt] Porting PyQt GUI between platforms.

2010-08-03 Thread Algis Kabaila
On Tuesday 03 August 2010 15:07:28 Raoul Snyman wrote: > On Tue, 3 Aug 2010 15:05:31 +1000, Algis Kabaila wrote: > > On which platform is best to use PyInstaller? The porting is from Linux > > to Windows. > > I use PyInstaller for packaging my PyQt4 app for Windows and OS X. For > Linux/FreeBSD I

Re: [PyQt] Porting PyQt GUI between platforms.

2010-08-03 Thread Raoul Snyman
On Tue, 3 Aug 2010 17:21:48 +1000, Algis Kabaila wrote: > On Tuesday 03 August 2010 15:07:28 Raoul Snyman wrote: > Actually, I was asking if Pyinstaller should preferably be run whilst on a > Linux Box or is it better on a Windows box? PyInstaller cannot "cross-compile". If you want to build a

Re: [PyQt] Porting PyQt GUI between platforms.

2010-08-03 Thread Raoul Snyman
On Tue, 3 Aug 2010 09:05:04 +0200, Peter Schmidtke wrote: > I am interested in using PyInstaller for packaging bigger projects > together consisting of multiple python modules and classes. Dependencies > are things like numpy, matplotlib, rdkit pygresql. Is there a way of doing > this with PyInstal

Re: [PyQt] Porting PyQt GUI between platforms.

2010-08-03 Thread Algis Kabaila
On Tuesday 03 August 2010 17:53:29 Raoul Snyman wrote: > On Tue, 3 Aug 2010 17:21:48 +1000, Algis Kabaila > > wrote: > > On Tuesday 03 August 2010 15:07:28 Raoul Snyman wrote: > > Actually, I was asking if Pyinstaller should preferably be run whilst on > > a > > > Linux Box or is it better on a

Re: [PyQt] Porting PyQt GUI between platforms.

2010-08-04 Thread Henning Schröder
On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 12:39 PM, Algis Kabaila wrote: > On Tuesday 03 August 2010 17:53:29 Raoul Snyman wrote: >> On Tue, 3 Aug 2010 17:21:48 +1000, Algis Kabaila >> >> wrote: >> > On Tuesday 03 August 2010 15:07:28 Raoul Snyman wrote: >> > Actually, I was asking if Pyinstaller should preferably

Re: [PyQt] Porting PyQt GUI between platforms.

2010-08-04 Thread Algis Kabaila
On Thursday 05 August 2010 03:19:09 Henning Schröder wrote: > On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 12:39 PM, Algis Kabaila wrote: > > On Tuesday 03 August 2010 17:53:29 Raoul Snyman wrote: > >> On Tue, 3 Aug 2010 17:21:48 +1000, Algis Kabaila > >> > >> wrote: > >> > On Tuesday 03 August 2010 15:07:28 Raoul Sn

Re: [PyQt] Porting PyQt GUI between platforms.

2010-08-04 Thread Juan Manuel Santos
From: Algis Kabaila To: pyqt@riverbankcomputing.com, gm...@henning-schroeder.de Date: Wednesday 04 August 2010 > Haerzlichen Dank! Many thanks for writing! > > I am somewhat confused and I think it is because of my poor communication > skills (sad to admit, as my life had been dedicated to commu

Re: [PyQt] Porting PyQt GUI between platforms.

2010-08-04 Thread Algis Kabaila
On Thursday 05 August 2010 10:57:25 Juan Manuel Santos wrote: > From: Algis Kabaila > To: pyqt@riverbankcomputing.com, gm...@henning-schroeder.de > Date: Wednesday 04 August 2010 > > > Haerzlichen Dank! Many thanks for writing! > > > > I am somewhat confused and I think it is because of my poor

Re: [PyQt] Porting PyQt GUI between platforms.

2010-08-04 Thread Raoul Snyman
On Thu, 5 Aug 2010 11:39:50 +1000, Algis Kabaila wrote: > Thank you - your are quite clear in what you say. It is unfortunate that > PyInstaller manual gives compilation instructions for Linux... Yes, because the last time I used PyInstaller on Windows, it worked out of the box. On Linux, it's a

Re: [PyQt] Porting PyQt GUI between platforms.

2010-08-06 Thread Algis Kabaila
On Thursday 05 August 2010 14:36:17 Raoul Snyman wrote: > > And once again, you need to run this on a real Windows box. WINE *might* > work, but PyInstaller tracks various Windows dependencies that might not be > in WINE. You cannot build Windows packages on Linux. Raoul, This is valuable advice