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Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> writes:

> rfreundlich21@colonial.net wrote:
>
>> um, what if I want to USE a command line for python WITHOUT downloading or
>> installing it????
>
> Who are you talking to? What is the context?
>
> Like all software, you can't use Python apps without all their dependencies
> being installed. If you use the Linux operating system, it will have Python
> already installed. Otherwise, you will have to install it.
>
> If you can't install it, or don't want to, you can't use Python.

cx_Freeze, PyInstaller, py2exe, etc allow to create a standalone
distribution i.e., you could ship your executable with a bundled Python
interpreter.


--
Akira