pypy, distributing apps on windows. (428)

[GalacticEmperor1]

Issue №428 opened by illume at 2018-03-20 11:12:34

Without being able to distribute programs on windows, pypy is not very useful for people wanting to make windows apps. I haven't been able to find a 'exe maker' for pypy yet, and a couple of pypy developers didn't know either.

Currently pypy for windows is released as a zip folder. No installer.

• NSIS is an installer maker for windows.
• pynsist is a very nice installer for python apps.
• [pypy releases](https://pypy.org/download.html# release)

Some potential steps...

• get pygame installed into the pypy site-packages folder in the pypy release folder.
• get pygame wheel working on windows.
• make a zip containing pypy+pygame installed, and a document showing people where to copy their game. With a rungame.bat file.
• look at how pypy release could be used with NSIST and pynsist
• first draft, get a basic NSIST installer working.

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Comments

# # illume commented at 2018-03-20 12:51:37

• simple nsis script http://nsis.sourceforge.net/A_simple_installer_with_start_menu_shortcut_and_uninstaller
• recursively include with File /r app