depzip 0.2

A small library for zipping Python application dependencies

This library can be used for zipping Python application dependencies.

This library uses the dllist library to discover required DLLs for dependencies.

Installation

This library can be installed using pip:

python -m pip install depzip

Usage

Here is a Python script showing how to use depzip to copy the dependencies of a Python application using matplotlib, numpy, and PySide6 into a file called bundle.zip:

import depzip

depzip.bundle(
    applications=[
        "pyside6-uic",
    ],
    modules=[
        "matplotlib.backends.backend_qtagg",
        "matplotlib.figure",
        "matplotlib.style",
        "matplotlib",
        "numpy",
        "PySide6.QtCore",
        "PySide6.QtGui",
        "PySide6.QtNetwork",
        "PySide6.QtUiTools",
        "PySide6.QtWidgets",
    ],
    includes=[
        "Lib\\site-packages\\matplotlib\\mpl-data",
        "Lib\\site-packages\\pyside6-uic",
        "Lib\\site-packages\\PySide6\\plugins\\platforms\\qwindows.dll",
        "Lib\\site-packages\\PySide6\\plugins\\styles\\qmodernwindowsstyle.dll",
        "Lib\\site-packages\\PySide6\\uic.exe",
    ],
    excludes=[
        "python.exe",
        "pythonw.exe",
    ],
    output="bundle.zip",
)

The source code of this script can be found in examples/bundle.py.

The provided executable file import.exe can be used to run a Python application. It starts Python and imports a module with the same name as the executable file. For example, to run a Python file named app.py, the executable file import.exe should be renamed to app.exe.

The applications parameter is a list of application names that is used to automatically copy import.exe to executable files with names in this list.

The source code of the executable file import.exe can be found in examples/import.c.