AppPkg/Applications/Python/Python-2.7.2/Tools/msi/README.txt

   1 Packaging Python as a Microsoft Installer Package (MSI)
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   3
   4 Using this library, Python can be packaged as a MS-Windows
   5 MSI file. To generate an installer package, you need
   6 a build tree. By default, the build tree root directory
   7 is assumed to be in "../..". This location can be changed
   8 by adding a file config.py; see the beginning of msi.py
   9 for additional customization options.
  10
  11 The packaging process assumes that binaries have been
  12 generated according to the instructions in PCBuild/README.txt,
  13 and that you have either Visual Studio or the Platform SDK
  14 installed. In addition, you need the Python COM extensions,
  15 either from PythonWin, or from ActivePython.
  16
  17 To invoke the script, open a cmd.exe window which has
  18 cabarc.exe in its PATH (e.g. "Visual Studio .NET 2003
  19 Command Prompt"). Then invoke
  20
  21 <path-to-python.exe> msi.py
  22
  23 If everything succeeds, pythonX.Y.Z.msi is generated
  24 in the current directory.
  25