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Packaging Python as a Microsoft Installer Package (MSI)
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Using this library, Python can be packaged as a MS-Windows
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MSI file. To generate an installer package, you need
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a build tree. By default, the build tree root directory
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is assumed to be in "../..". This location can be changed
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by adding a file config.py; see the beginning of msi.py
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for additional customization options.
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The packaging process assumes that binaries have been
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generated according to the instructions in PCBuild/README.txt,
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and that you have either Visual Studio or the Platform SDK
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installed. In addition, you need the Python COM extensions,
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either from PythonWin, or from ActivePython.
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To invoke the script, open a cmd.exe window which has
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cabarc.exe in its PATH (e.g. "Visual Studio .NET 2003
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Command Prompt"). Then invoke
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<path-to-python.exe> msi.py
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If everything succeeds, pythonX.Y.Z.msi is generated
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in the current directory.
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