[Pyobjc-dev] Using py2app and distributing a self-contained plug-in which depends on other python libraries in an ObjC/Cocoa application

[Eric H. <eri...@gm...>]

Hi,

I've written a python pyObjC based plug-in which I would like to
include in a Cocoa application.  This plugin depends on another python
based library which I would like to include in the final deliverable
application (in the app wrapper).  I currently was working using the
'python setup.py py2app -A'  as seen in the tutorial on the web.  This
was great for development and everything was fine.  The issue now is
that I want to create a finished product and I haven't figured out how
to do this.

My objective is to not require the user to install the library the
plugin depends on themselves.  I would like to include this library in
the app wrapper.  I have read some material (tried reading everything
I could on using py2app) but I have no found a concrete example and
was hoping someone could help me out.

Do I just have to do a 'python setup.py py2app' and remove the -A
parameter and that's it?  From what I've read, py2app will discover
the dependencies and include them within the plug-in component.  It
stores the dependencies in a site-packages.zip file??  Will it unzip
this package at run-time and use the dependency???

How does this work? =20

Can anyone give me an explanation or direct me to materials which will
help me achieve this goal?  I just want the library to exist within
the app wrapper so that the application can be moved anywhere on the
Mac system and be usable.

Any help?=20

Thanks!

Eric