[120photo]

I tried porting a Python utility I wrote to Go specifically because I did not want people to have to install any 3rd party libraries (in this case just one). If anything I had a much deeper appreciation as to how much Python does for you and just lets you work. I would still like to port someday. For now I can containerize my app but that would still require people to install docker and learn how to use docker.

[deivid]

The easiest way to do this is to use shiv[0] if you don't mind asking people to have Python itself installed; if you want a truly "one file bundle" you should use PyInstaller[1] (which bundles a Python interpreter)

[0]: https://shiv.readthedocs.io/en/latest/

[1]: https://pyinstaller.org/en/stable/

[zozbot234]

You don't need docker to bundle an app with custom libraries. You can use AppImage which is pretty much just an ordinary app install rolled into a single file.

[LtWorf]

i guess he's not using linux, otherwise python dependencies would be no problem

[zozbot234]

Docker is linux specific. It can only run in a VM on non-linux platforms.

[wizofaus]

It requires a linux subsystem, true, but not a fully fledged VM. The subsystem still shares the file system with the primary OS, for a start. And while I haven't tried it, the instructions for installing AppImage on WSL (for example) don't look trivial.

[DenseComet]

WSL is a fully fledged VM under the hood, it's just well integrated.

[wizofaus]

MS call it a "lightweight utility virtual machine", and "not a traditional VM experience", whatever that means. Docker also works on MacOS, with a basic linux distro running under hypervisor that again, I'm not sure qualifies as a 'fully fledged VM' (at least in terms of user access to it).