How can I bundle a PyGTK program in windows so my users don need to install Python or the GTK+ libs?
On win32, you should give py2exe [www.py2exe.org] a try. It works with pygtk. Once your code is frozen, you can create an installer with Inno Setup for example. Michal Pasternak recommends giving cxFreeze a try: [starship.python.net] . It works in a different way than py2exe and McMillan Installer; it’s faster building the package, and it doesn’t automatically include all the DLLs. The gtk+-2.x runtime environment is available here, and also as a nice installer: [gladewin32.sourceforge.net] Other alternatives may include Gordon McMillan’s installer which used to be available at [www.mcmillan-inc.com] ([web.archive.org] waybackmachine copy) – he had an overview of the other options as well in the right-hand column of that page. [www.anti-particle.com] describes one example using GTK+ 2.4, py2exe (0.5.x) and Inno Setup, and here’s another one, courtesy of Jamey Cribbs: Ok, here are some very rough notes on creating a self-executing installer of your pygtk app for Windows. I’m sure there
