[PyQt] Install script for Python applications

[Lukas Hetzenecker]

Hello,

thank you for your quick answer.
But I don't quite understand distutils.

At the beginning i have some fundamental questions:

 - Should whole applications also be installed in 
   /usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages ?

 - Should the wrapper script only execute the main python file in
   /usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/<name>/<name>.py or should
   I copy this file to /usr/[local]/bin?

 - Where should I place the language files (app_de.qm  and  qt_de.qm) ?

 - What is the standard path for data files? /usr/share/<application> ?

And now to distutils...

I have this folder structure:

<series60-remote-0.4> 
  <pc> 
      <devices> 
        __init__.py 
        series60.py 
      <window> 
        __init__.py 
        about.py 
        chat.py 
        history.py 
        ... 
      series60-remote.py 
  <lib> 
    __init__.py 
    status_numbers.py 
  <mobile> 
     mobile.py 
     series60-remote.sis 
 
 
Is it possible to say distutils that it should copy these files to the 
following locations:
 
/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages 
  <series60-remote> 
    <lib>
     __init__.py
      status_numbers.py 
    <devices> 
       __init__.py 
      series60.py 
    <window> 
      __init__.py 
      about.py 
      chat.py 
      history.py 
      ... 
    series60-remote.py 
 
/usr/share/series60-remote 
   series60-remote.sis 

/usr/bin
  series60-remote


Please note that the root folder isn't pc, but series60-remote when it is 
installed.

I have the main python file pc/series60-remote.py. is it possible to tell 
distutils that it should look in this file and find all modules that it needs 
and copy these to /usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages?

Thanks for your help,
Lukas

Am Freitag 11 Dezember 2009 13:37:01 schrieb Darren Dale:
> On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 6:11 AM, Lukas Hetzenecker <LuHe at gmx.at> wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I've developed a application using Python and PyQt4.
> > What is the best way to make a install.py / setup.py / Makefile for
> > installing this application?
> >
> > It should check if all depencies are found (this should be really simple:
> > try: import xxx except ImportError: print ""; sys.exit(2) )
> >
> > It should compile and copy all *.py/pyc files to
> > python -c "from distutils.sysconfig import get_python_lib; print
> > get_python_lib()"
> >
> > There are also some files that should be in /usr/share/<appname>
> >
> > A small wrapper script, that is written to /usr/local/bin would also be
> > nice.
> >
> > Is this possible with distutils?
> 
> I'd advise using distutils. It supports everything you describe, with
> the exception of dependency checking, which you would have to code
> yourself.
> 
> Darren
>