I should add that distutils gives you some help on the packaging end of things, too - not just for installing. And py2exe is an addon to distutils.
Kent Kent Johnson wrote: > Jeff Peery wrote: > >>Hello, I was wondering what is the difference between the distutils core >>and py2exe... they look the same to me? thanks. > > > distutils.core basically installs the .py files needed by an application or > library. It can also build extension modules, but it doesn't try to install > Python or other libraries you may depend on. It is cross-platform and > intended for installation on a system that already has Python and any needed > libs. > > py2exe bundles up everything needed to run an app, including Python and any > referenced libraries. It creates a package that can run on a system without > Python installed. Also py2exe is for Windows executables only. > > Kent > > _______________________________________________ > Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor > _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
