Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!news.albasani.net!newsfeed.freenet.ag!news2.euro.net!newsgate.cistron.nl!newsgate.news.xs4all.nl!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.115 X-Spam-Level: * X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.77; '*S*': 0.00; 'subject:Question': 0.07; 'executable': 0.09; 'runtime': 0.09; 'python': 0.11; 'exe': 0.16; 'files)': 0.16; 'portable': 0.16; 'to:name:python list': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.18; 'install': 0.23; '(or': 0.24; "i've": 0.25; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.27; 'generally': 0.29; 'message- id:@mail.gmail.com': 0.30; 'apparently': 0.31; 'file': 0.32; 'computer.': 0.33; 'packaging': 0.33; 'problem': 0.35; 'possible.': 0.35; 'but': 0.35; 'received:google.com': 0.35; 'there': 0.35; 'version': 0.36; 'library.': 0.36; 'possible': 0.36; 'url:org': 0.36; 'problems': 0.38; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.38; 'files': 0.38; 'though,': 0.39; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'users': 0.40; 'tell': 0.60; 'entire': 0.61; 'simply': 0.61; 'here:': 0.62; 'url:index': 0.63; 'information': 0.63; 'more': 0.64; 'within': 0.65; 'legal': 0.71; 'oscar': 0.84; 'relating': 0.93; '2013': 0.98 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :content-type; bh=ktpIr/qDJwmpdzAViclVBqeijjKCl/XORROMILfwVI4=; b=t8VlrXoBA03TO49fcK1kfxpOzVm33s7aw86cesEMT+mWz7/lu+e7Js0zke4tXY4iJw KbmOT5WdyR3QXgtTxBfdL78Ito1I7p2ZN6CStkx9z1GnT8lvxLh19E0S7IcfR03CapLW md88OO9d7b3vk78B7YWfd2xfv7KDxkEeDak9XBCMiP7ZZkllo3v670swDg6FLAqe9VuK 6tpL4RrNLf7IWNM2vnVUlQe5h9L1aj4iyt94yyRUS1dzL5YA7jYZm+FkF3sXvrg6vz+O SMo2GZ8Cf1kX6eh9a9vX+BBax/Th0LGfNJI94jbAfuT1pZPLBo2qeLAp8fYHZ8ogsBz2 ZNvA== X-Received: by 10.58.200.131 with SMTP id js3mr825226vec.33.1371642750136; Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:52:30 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <9ed3232e-d011-43b0-893f-4c3517c6d0a1@googlegroups.com> References: <51c12394$0$29973$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com> <9ed3232e-d011-43b0-893f-4c3517c6d0a1@googlegroups.com> From: Oscar Benjamin Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:52:10 +0100 Subject: Re: Beginner Question: 3D Models To: Python List Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 23 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1371642758 news.xs4all.nl 15891 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:59250 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:48707 On 19 June 2013 12:13, wrote: > > I've seen some information on Blender. Is it possible to have the entire program contained within a single exe (or exe and some other files) so that it can be passed around and used by others without having to install blender? I don't know if Blender would cause problems for that but it's not hard to install Blender generally; apparently there is a portable version that can be simply unzipped on the target computer. More generally, though, there are some legal issues relating to packaging standard MSVC-compiled Python with all of its dependencies in a single .exe file for Windows. The particular problem is the Microsoft C runtime library. py2exe has some information about this here: http://www.py2exe.org/index.cgi/Tutorial Generally Python is not designed with the intention that applications would be packaged into a standalone executable file although a number of projects exist to make that possible. Is it so hard for your users to install Python and Blender if you tell them which files to download and install? Oscar