"""This script unpacks a source distribution into a temporary
directory, builds a windows installer on the fly, executes it, and
cleans everything up afterward.
You could create a shortcut to this script on the desktop by simply
dragging it there, then you can drag'n drop zip or tar.gz files onto
it."""
import sys, os, zipfile, tempfile
from distutils.dir_util import mkpath, remove_tree
try:
# Use Lars Gustaebel's tarfile module, if available:
# http://www.gustaebel.de/lars/tarfile/
# Needs version 0.3.3 (or higher?)
import tarfile
tarfile.is_tarfile
tarfile.TarFileCompat
except (ImportError, AttributeError):
tarfile = None
def create_file(pathname, data):
mkpath(os.path.dirname(pathname))
file = open(pathname, "wb")
file.write(data)
file.close()
def extract(distro):
dir = tempfile.mktemp()
if zipfile.is_zipfile(distro):
file = zipfile.ZipFile(distro)
elif tarfile and tarfile.is_tarfile(distro):
file = tarfile.TarFileCompat(distro, "r", tarfile.TAR_GZIPPED)
else:
if tarfile:
raise TypeError, "%r does not seem to be a zipfile or tarfile" % distro
else:
raise TypeError, "%r does not seem to be a zipfile" % distro
os.mkdir(dir)
for info in file.infolist():
if info.filename[-1] != '/':
data = file.read(info.filename)
create_file(os.path.join(dir, info.filename), data)
return dir
def install():
if len(sys.argv) != 2:
raise Exception, "Usage: python install.py <zip-or-tar.gz file>"
distro = sys.argv[1]
dir = extract(distro)
print "Extracted to", dir
import glob
setup_files = glob.glob(os.path.join(dir, "*", "setup.py"))
if len(setup_files) != 1:
raise Exception, "Could not determine setup script to use"
setup_file = setup_files[0]
os.chdir(os.path.dirname(setup_file))
print "Building windows installer..."
os.system("%s %s -q bdist_wininst" % (sys.executable, setup_file))
print "Running windows installer..."
exe_file = glob.glob("dist/*.exe")[0]
os.system(exe_file)
print "Removing", dir
remove_tree(dir)
if __name__ == '__main__':
try:
install()
except Exception, detail:
print detail
raw_input("Press return to exit...")
