[PyKDE] Deployment advice

[Eron Lloyd]

One thing I thought of right off the bat was how SIP/PyQt are configured once 
they are built. For example, in sipconfig.py and pyqtconfig.py there are many 
hard paths, such as where to find Qt. Would it be possible to make relative 
paths instead, or set some kind of environment variable to do this?

What I'm thinking is an archive similar to this:
myarchive/
    <install script(s)>
    <bootstrap script>
    ...
    docs/
    tests/
    system/
        bin/
        include/
        lib/
            python/ (including PyQt & SIP built into the interpreter)
            qt/ (the qt3.a file and whatever else is needed)

Am I on the right track here? One challenge of all this is to make sure it can 
run on the latest Linux distros, such as SUSE 9 and Fedora Core 1. If I had 
to I could make it an RPM file I suppose and install everything to /usr/local 
so that the path remains the same.

Thanks again!

Eron

On Thursday 08 April 2004 10:09 pm, Eron Lloyd wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'd like to build a pretty much self-contained package to deploy my
> PyQt-based system. The reason being is that we need to have our system
> tested by as many people as possible to ensure it is working correctly. To
> do that, I've done some research into possible alternatives, and came
> across Phil's helpful document on deployment about a year ago. I've noticed
> that the solution Phil covers is Gorden McMillan's Installer package, which
> has been discontinued as far as I can tell.
>
> However, there are some interesting concepts in the document that could
> still be utilized. Specifically, I'd like to see if it is possible to
> create an archive that includes the code for my project, a full Python
> binary package with PyQt and SIP built into the interpreter, and a static
> Qt library. I'm just now beginning to investigate this approach, and am
> willing to document and share my findings with the community.
>
> I'd like to try this approach instead of the "single binary" solution such
> as freeze and py2exe, as once the package is installed, I'd like to
> experiment with providing module updates over the network and dynamically
> loading new code.
>
> If this is an insane idea please let me know, and perhaps suggest some
> different approaches. I'd *really* like to continue using PyQt/Python for
> this project instead of moving to Qt/C++, so any help would be GREATLY
> appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Eron
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