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Create statically linked python for easy desktop application distribution
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main.sh

README.md

pyship

pyship creates a python 2.7 binary that can be bundled with python scripts. This gives python scripts a native application feel. Other attempts at creating a similar effect include programs like py2exe and cx_Freeze.

Currently only OSX is supported.

pre-requisites

  1. Install ActiveState Tcl/Tk 8.5
  2. Install Xcode SDK
  3. sudo ln -s /usr/bin/clang /usr/bin/cc
  4. sudo ln -s /usr/local/bin/hg /usr/bin/hg
  5. sudo ln -s /Library/Frameworks/Tk.framework/ $(xcrun --show-sdk-path)/Library/Frameworks/
  6. sudo ln -s /Library/Frameworks/Tcl.framework/ $(xcrun --show-sdk-path)/Library/Frameworks/

creating a binary

  1. git clone https://github.com/burrows-labs/pyship.git
  2. cd pyship
  3. ./main.sh 10.10

invoking the python shell

$ ./build/pyship/python2.7/usr/local/bin/python
>>> import _ssl # ssl works!
>>> print "Hello World"
Hello World
>>> exit()

setting up a virtualenv

$ ./build/pyship/python2.7/usr/local/bin/python ./build/pyship/virtualenv/virtualenv.py abc
$ ./abc/bin/pip install requests
$ ./abc/bin/python
>>> import requests
>>> r = requests.get('http://google.com')
>>> r.text
u'<!doctype html><html itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/WebPage" lang="en"><head><meta
content="Search the world\'s information, including webpages, images, videos and more. Google
has many special features to help you find exactly what you\'re looking for." name="description">...
>>> exit()

dependencies?

$ find build/pyship/python2.7/ | xargs otool -L 2>/dev/null | \
  grep -Ev "(is not an object file|Invalid argument|build/pyship)" | \
  awk '{$1=$1};1' | awk '{print $1}' | sort | uniq
/Library/Frameworks/Tcl.framework/Versions/8.5/Tcl
/Library/Frameworks/Tk.framework/Versions/8.5/Tk
/System/Library/Frameworks/ApplicationServices.framework/Versions/A/ApplicationServices
/System/Library/Frameworks/Carbon.framework/Versions/A/Carbon
/System/Library/Frameworks/CoreFoundation.framework/Versions/A/CoreFoundation
/System/Library/Frameworks/CoreGraphics.framework/Versions/A/CoreGraphics
/System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Versions/A/CoreServices
/System/Library/Frameworks/SystemConfiguration.framework/Versions/A/SystemConfiguration
/usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib
/usr/lib/libbz2.1.0.dylib
/usr/lib/libedit.3.dylib
/usr/lib/libz.1.dylib