Re: What parts of C:\Python25 are important?

[Fredrik Lundh]

Robert Dailey wrote:

I've currently embedded the python interpreter into a C++ application of
mine. I want to bundle the python core library with my application so
the user does not have to install python to use my application. What
files do I need to copy over? Help is appreciated, thank you.

off the top of my head:

- python25.dll (from \windows\system32, usually)

- any extension PYD:s and DLL:s you're using (from \python25\DLLs)

- either the contents of the standard library (\python25\Lib)
in PY and/or PYC form, or a zipped archive that contains all
the PYC files in there (zipped relative to \python25\Lib).

- (optional) MSVCR71.dll (but that's usually already installed, afaik)

you also need to make sure that your application sets an appropriate
path before it starts importing things, either by munging sys.path via
embedded Python code, or via a call to Py_SetPythonHome. the comment
block at the top of

http://svn.python.org/projects/pytho.../PC/getpathp.c

explains how the default path is created on Windows.

in some cases, it helps to tell Python not to import the "site" module
by itself, and then import site when you've set everything up. to do
that, insert "-S" in the argv buffer before calling PySys_SetArgv. you
may also want to remove any PYTHON-related environment variables from
the local environment, before initializing Python.

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