[PyQt] Re: py2app generates huge files (200MB)
piotr maliński
riklaunim at gmail.com
Sat Jun 27 23:01:21 BST 2009
You can use the (compressed) DMG but it's not a direct way of using an app
:)
W dniu 27 czerwca 2009 16:33 użytkownik Michael Held <
michael.held at bc.biol.ethz.ch> napisał:
> hi again,
>
> I think I did not fully understood it: of course can I compress
> everything and put it on a website/ftp. but is there a way to run an app
> with compressed parts, e.g. resources or a lot of Python scripts? but
> this is maybe not the right forum to discuss about...
>
> yes, py2app will wrap everything! I have tested that and it's great!
> just for PyQt4 I was not sure whether I compiled it as universal or
> intel-only version...
>
> cheers
> michael
>
>
>
> piotr maliński wrote:
> > Zipped apps are common way to publish apps :) OS X can unzipp them and
> > users can run the app. Another way is to make a disk image (DMG) and
> > place the app in the disk image. Compressed DMG has the size close to a
> > ZIP archive, and can have nice installer (a.k.a. copy to Applications),
> > readmes etc.
> >
> > 15MB Zipped is the "ok" size :)
> >
> > As for the PyQt4 installer - you have to compile it, but the final
> > py2app made app doesn't require for the user to install anything. The
> > app will run on it's own :)
> >
> >
> > W dniu 27 czerwca 2009 14:03 użytkownik Michael Held
> > <michael.held at bc.biol.ethz.ch <mailto:michael.held at bc.biol.ethz.ch>>
> > napisał:
> >
> > hi piotr,
> >
> > yes, it looks like PyQt4 is using a lot of Pythons standard packages,
> so
> > all the files in Contents/Resources/lib/python2.6/lib-dynload are
> most
> > probably needed...
> >
> > I zipped and got 70MB with Qt debug files (from 200MB)
> > and 15MB without (from 43MB).
> > is there a way to provide an .app file with zipped content which is
> > unzipped on the fly?
> >
> > currently there is not installer for PyQt4.5 on MacOS available,
> right?!
> > I was compiling everything from scratch (I am also working with
> > Stackless Python 2.6.2). I guess there is a way to compile PyQt4 in
> > universal mode... somehow ;-)
> >
> > thanks a lot again! :-)
> > cheers
> > michael
> >
> >
> > piotr maliński wrote:
> > > Debug libraries don't get excluded by "excludes" list so they will
> > have
> > > to be removed. Also the package includes everything needed to run
> it -
> > > also some Python components.
> > > /Contents/Resources/lib/ 9,5 MB in my case
> > > /Contents/Frameworks/ 24,8 MB
> > >
> > > And it zipps to 12MB
> > >
> > > Note that the resulting binary has some symlinks (in libs for
> example)
> > > and calculating size on Mac OS X will count the symlinked (alias)
> > files
> > > in :) So check zipped size :)
> > >
> > > If you used Qt with Qt Creator or custom Qt compilation on Intel
> Mac
> > > then you have Intel-only Qt and you will get Intell only App. If
> you
> > > used the Qt DMG without Qt Creator then you got Universal Qt and
> your
> > > app will be universal and DOUBLE size :) (22-24MB Zipped for
> > > qtcore/qtgui app).
> > >
> > >
> > > 2009/6/27 Michael Held <michael.held at bc.biol.ethz.ch
> > <mailto:michael.held at bc.biol.ethz.ch>
> > > <mailto:michael.held at bc.biol.ethz.ch
> > <mailto:michael.held at bc.biol.ethz.ch>>>
> > >
> > > hi piotr,
> > >
> > > thanks a lot for your help!
> > >
> > > aral balkan writes on his page that one "can remove the Qt
> > debug files".
> > > these are ~150MB in my case and the *biggest* part of the
> problem.
> > > I guess I need to write a "better" Qt4 recipe for pyapp or I
> > have to add
> > > some kind of clean-up step after the execution of py2app...
> > >
> > > furthermore Contents/Resources/lib/python2.6/lib-dynload
> > contains ~14MB
> > > of python packages which are not used by my "empty" script
> > (and I assume
> > > PyQt4 is not using those as well...
> > >
> > > again, I am happy with a 40MB .app file but a 200MB file just
> > to much
> > > overhead.
> > >
> > > does anybody know how to tweak the PyQt4 recipe of py2app? I
> > had a short
> > > look on the code but could not find the right script.
> > > or would it be helpful to work with the latest svn revision
> > instead the
> > > released version 0.3.6?
> > >
> > > cheers
> > > michael
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > piotr maliński wrote:
> > > > check out my tutorial:
> > > >
> >
> http://www.rkblog.rk.edu.pl/w/p/building-mac-os-x-applications-py2app/
> > > >
> > > > QtCore/QtGui app zipped should be about 12MB intel-only (22MB
> if
> > > you use
> > > > Universal Qt - thus making universal py2app application)
> > > >
> > > > 2009/6/27 Michael Held <michael.held at bc.biol.ethz.ch
> > <mailto:michael.held at bc.biol.ethz.ch>
> > > <mailto:michael.held at bc.biol.ethz.ch
> > <mailto:michael.held at bc.biol.ethz.ch>>
> > > > <mailto:michael.held at bc.biol.ethz.ch
> > <mailto:michael.held at bc.biol.ethz.ch>
> > > <mailto:michael.held at bc.biol.ethz.ch
> > <mailto:michael.held at bc.biol.ethz.ch>>>>
> > > >
> > > > hi pyqt,
> > > >
> > > > I am using PyQt4.5 and py2app 0.3.6 on MacOS 10.5
> > > >
> > > > > from setuptools import setup
> > > > >
> > > > > APP = ['MyApp.py']
> > > > > DATA_FILES = []
> > > > > OPTIONS = {'argv_emulation': True,
> > > > > 'includes': [],
> > > > > }
> > > > >
> > > > > setup(
> > > > > app=APP,
> > > > > data_files=DATA_FILES,
> > > > > options={'py2app': OPTIONS},
> > > > > setup_requires=['py2app'],
> > > > > )
> > > >
> > > > running this setup.py PyQt4, sip and the Qt framework are
> > > detected and
> > > > the app runs fine,
> > > >
> > > > *BUT* the app is 200MB (TWOHUNDRET MEGABYTES) big and its
> > > doing nothing
> > > > but opening an empty QFrame.
> > > > I looked into the app-contents and found a lot of debug
> > stuff
> > > for the
> > > > QtGui/QtCore Frameworks.
> > > >
> > > > after deleting these files the app was still running
> > fine and
> > > only 42MB
> > > > big (I found a lot of Pyhton libs/packages in there
> > which are
> > > not used
> > > > at all)
> > > >
> > > > 42MB for an "empty program" is ok, since all my scripts
> will
> > > not add
> > > > much size, but 200MB is just *too big*.
> > > > it looks like py2app is including a lot of unnecessary
> > stuff...
> > > > could stackless Python 2.6.2 is the problem?
> > > >
> > > > thanks a lot for your help!
> > > > michael
> > > >
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