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distutils extension module - create an installer by InnoSetup.

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(“.. -- restructuredtext --nn==========================nA Python innosetup libraryn==========================ndistutils extension module - create an installer by InnoSetup.n————————————————————–nnRequirementsn————nn* Python 2.5 or latern* py2exen* pywin32n* InnoSetupnnFeaturesn——–nn* You can use your customized InnoSetup Script.n* installer metadata over setup() metadatan* generate AppId(GUID) from setup() metadatan See the innosetup.InnoScript.appid property.n* bundle exe and com dll and dependent libs and resourcesn* bundle msvcr and mfc and their manifestn* bundle all installed InnoSetup’s language filen (If there is no valid [Languages] section.)n* create windows exe’s shortcutn* register com_server and servicen* check the Windows version with Python versionn* fix a problem py2exe.mf misses some modules (ex. win32com.shell)nnExamplen——-n::nn from distutils.core import setupn import py2exe, innosetupnn # All options are same as py2exe options.n setup(n name=’example’,n version=’1.0.0.0’,n license=’PSF or other’,n author=’you’,n author_email=’you@your.domain’,n description=’description’,n url=’http://www.your.domain/example’, # generate AppId from this urln options={n ‘py2exe’: {n # innosetup gets the py2exe’s options.n ‘compressed’: True,n ‘optimize’: 2,n ‘bundle_files’: 3,n },n ‘innosetup’: {n # user defined iss file path or iss stringn ‘inno_script’: innosetup.DEFAULT_ISS, # default is ‘’n # bundle msvc filesn ‘bundle_vcr’: True, # default is Truen # zip setup filen ‘zip’: False, # default is False, bool() or zip file namen # create shortcut to startup if you want.n ‘regist_startup’: True, # default is Falsen }n },n com_server=[n {‘modules’: [‘your_com_server_module’], ‘create_exe’: False},n ],n # and other metadata …n )nnDo the command setup.py innosetup.nThen you get InnoSetup script file named dist\distutils.iss andnthe installation file named dist\<name>-<version>.exe.n”,)

Changes

0.6.4

  • move repository to github.

  • add a setup.py script.

0.6.3

  • change versioning policy (remove build number).

  • add utf-8 bom to .iss file by Jerome Ortais, thanx.

  • pick up COPYING file for [setup]/LicenseFile by Jerome Ortais, thanx.

0.6.0.2

  • add regist_startup option for create shortcut to startup.

0.6.0.1

  • fix metadata and unicode by surgo, thanx.

  • set DEFAULT_ISS to empty because Inno Setup 5.3.9 is released.

  • fix a problem that py2exe includes MinWin’s ApiSet Stub DLLs on Windows 7.

0.6.0.0

  • support bundling tcl files

  • change OutputBaseFilename

0.5.0.1

  • improve update install support

0.5.0.0

  • add DEFAULT_ISS, manifest, srcname, srcnames

  • add zip option

  • fix bundle_files=1 option problem (always bundle pythonXX.dll)

  • add DefaultGroupName, InfoBeforeFile, LicenseFile into [Setup] section

0.4.0.0

  • support service cmdline_style options

  • rewrite codes around iss file

0.3.0.0

  • improve the InnoSetup instllation path detection

  • add inno_setup_exe option

0.2.0.0

  • handle py2exe’s command options

  • add bundle_vcr option

0.1.0.0

  • first release

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