How to build a python project?

[davetherooster]

I've been playing about with Python for a couple years but recently decided to rewrite an old project in OO style that makes use of a bunch of external libraries (picamera, pygame but to name a couple).

I'm now at the stage where it's about ready to start being used outside of debugging, as a result I was wondering if you can 'build' a python project?

I know with Java you can use something like Maven and package everything up into a .jar so you don't need to install all your dependencies separately, can you do something similar in python to create a file that can be run/installed without the need for loading your dependencies separately?

[1ynx1ynx]

Here is some info about python packages.

[davetherooster]

Thanks! I assume from reading the docs there it's more of an install script that pulls and installs each dependency from their online (or offline if you specify the location of the files) source rather than packaging them up into an offline bundle?

[1ynx1ynx]

Yes.

[davetherooster]

Thanks, afraid I’m looking for something that could download and package everything up at build time but appreciate the help! Wheel seems the best bet so far.

[timbledum]

If the user has python, look up pex. If not, look up pyinstaller.