Deploy Python Command-Line Application

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So I wrote a little Command-Line App and want to provide an easy way to clone and use it. Problem: My app has some dependencies like Hashlib and Pyperclip.

Is there a best practice to get missing packages installed on a different machine?

Can I do so without people needing to install global pip packages?
- It is a good idea to ship it as a venv?
- Can like compile them into a single python file (somewhat like a binary)?
If I cannot do so, how to I get packages installed on a different machine?

Is there a nice routine to allow the user to completely remove my app once installed?

You want to use a setup.py and then upload it to pypi. Then people can just do python -m pip install <yourlib> and it will get all the dependencies — Wayne Werner
– Wayne Werner, Commented Jan 3, 2017 at 22:50

Alex Booth · Accepted Answer · 2017-01-03 23:00:29Z

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You could use the py2exe module to make a standalone application for the Windows platform. You can use py2app to make standalone apps on the Mac platform. For Linux, you should prepare a package using the .deb format to target the Ubuntu/Debian environment (which is one of the most popular flavors of *nix). Each other *nix flavor has its own packaging system that you would have to follow to target it as a platform.

answered Jan 3, 2017 at 23:00

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