[IPython-user] small problem and feature request for 0.8 egg

[Ryan Krauss]

I am not very .bat file aware.  Do you have a simple example of a .bat
file that does multiple installs?  This would be a great solution, I
think.  As I understand it, I would gather all the appropriate exe's
and bundle them in one zip with this .bat file.  The students would
only need to run that file, presumably by double clicking it.  That
would be great.

Ryan

On 5/2/07, Ville M. Vainio <vivainio@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 5/2/07, Ryan Krauss <ryanlists@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > convince them to try it.  While IPython is a great tool, it depends on
> > pyreadline, ctypes, pywin32 and maybe one more under windows.  This
> > frigthens some of them (maybe they are easily frightened).  So, how do
>
> Just put all the installers in a zip package and distribute that (with
> install_all.bat or something, then they can just click
> next-next-next).
>
> ctypes comes with python 2.5 and pywin32 is optional. pyreadline is
> the only "must" and that will be bundled with ipython anyway, so
> things are looking pretty good on win32 department.
>
> > itself).  Any better thoughts are welcome.  The obvious problem is
> > that making it easy to install may trade off against making it easy to
> > maintain.  Eggs and enstaller seem promising in that regard.
>
> I wouldn't be worried about that myself.
>
> You could also "sell" ipython by recommending it as cmd.exe
> replacement, using the "sh" profile (start menu -> IPython -> pysh).
>
> Also, I'll add your scipy link to start menu.
>
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