[PyQt] Packaging PyQt4 Applications

[Joseph Gilbert]

cx_freeze creates unix binaries - http://python.net/crew/atuining/cx_Freeze/
inno setup can be used for doing windows installs. - 
http://www.jrsoftware.org/isinfo.php
I'm pretty sure you can use Installer 
(/Applications/Utilities/Installer) on OS X for mac bundles. 
You can create tarballs or .deb files from the cx_freeze binaries for *nix.

Angel Leon wrote:
> Hi There,
>
>  I've sucessfully managed to package my PyQt4 application with the 
> help of py2exe for windows and py2app for macosx.
>
>  I'd like to create something similar for linux, if possible a .deb to 
> be able to distribute for Ubuntu and Debian (and from there I can use 
> alien for RPM, or create my own Tar).
>
>  What's usually the mechanism for deployment of your PyQt4 apps, do 
> you just use the python setup tools and have the users do:
>  
>   python setup.py install
>
> or is it pretty easy to find all the binary dependencies and put em in 
> one place for easy distribution?
>
> Angel
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