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Subject: Re: Windows Deployment Of Python Modules
From: Adam Tauno Williams <awilliam@whitemice.org>
Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2013 18:23:56 -0400
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David Robinow <drobinow@gmail.com> wrote:
>On Thu, Mar 21, 2013 at 4:14 PM, Adam Tauno Williams
><awilliam@whitemice.org> wrote:
>>
>> Python itself is easy to deploy on Windows;  just toss the MSI in
>your
>> local update server and away it goes.
>>
>> That's slick;  LSUS is awesome.
>>   <http://www.localupdatepublisher.com/>
>>
>> But that gives you Python with no pip, easy_install, etc...  And
>*that*
>> is not packaged appropriately.  Is there some trick to getting
>modules
>> installed on Windows workstations en masse [in an automated fashion]?
>> It seems like I must be missing something.
>> For example, I want Python installed, and the iniparse module.
>python setup.py install
>Am I missing something?


Yes! 

 That does not get the package to the workstation.  It also is not conducive to automation (or success auditing).


-- 
Adam Tauno Williams