Insatallation drive and python interpreter

[nufun]

Hi everybody, I was wondering which is the best choice when I need to distribute python interpreter within my app .sis file.
I would like to prevent my application from not working just because user install interpreter on a different drive: what do you do usually? Do you force whole installation on a specific drive or do you choose other solutions?

[bogdan.galiceanu]

Hi,

I'm not sure but as far as I know the only way to make sure everything works according to plan is to restrict the installation to one drive. I for one prefer the phone memory (C:\) because all phones have that, while some may not have a memory card.

[nufun]

Yes, but the pys60 interpreter is installable everywhere: do I need to unsis it and makesis it again to force installation on a specific drive?

[bogdan.galiceanu]

Probably. I don't see any other option for that.

The only alternative I can think of is displaying a note before the installation, telling the user to install both the interpreter and the app on the same drive.

[nufun]

This would be nice as well, but I've tried with ensymble --textfile option but the note is displayed after drive choice: is there a way to have it displayed before?

[croozeus]

Hmph,

You can do this. Merge Python with your application and force the resulting file to be installed on C:
This could be done using Ensymble.

And Btw, you do not need the Python Script Shell installed for running PyS60 applications. Its only Python for S60 that needs to be installed.

Best Regards,
Croozeus

[nufun]

You can do this. Merge Python with your application and force the resulting file to be installed on C:

It's what I did, but it asks me where I want to install each merged .sis file, so I should force python installation on C: drive before merge it with my app .sis.

[nufun]

I solved in another way.
I've added "e:\\resources\\" to system path, so my app can import custom library even if .sis file is installed on external drive.

The code is

import os.path, sys
path = 'e:\\resource\\'
if os.path.exists(path):
        sys.path.append(path)

just in case someone else has the same problem.