Quickstart

1. Get the tools. Install NSIS, and then install pynsist from PyPI by running pip install pynsist.

2. Write a config file installer.cfg, like this:

   [Application]
   name=My App
   version=1.0
   # How to launch the app - this calls the 'main' function from the 'myapp' package:
   entry_point=myapp:main
   icon=myapp.ico
   
   [Python]
   version=3.6.3
   
   [Include]
   # Packages from PyPI that your application requires, one per line
   # These must have wheels on PyPI:
   pypi_wheels = requests==2.18.4
        beautifulsoup4==4.6.0
        html5lib==0.999999999
   
   # To bundle packages which don't publish wheels, or to include directly wheel files
   # from a directory, see the docs on the config file.
   
   # Other files and folders that should be installed
   files = LICENSE
       data_files/

3. Run pynsist installer.cfg to generate your installer. If pynsist isn’t found, you can use python -m nsist installer.cfg instead.

This example illustrates how to use Pynsist by itself, for simple projects. There are other options which can make it easier to integrate as a step in a more complex build process. See the docs for more information.