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diff --git a/sources/pyside6/doc/deployment-py2exe.rst b/sources/pyside6/doc/deployment-py2exe.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000..24d260d71 --- /dev/null +++ b/sources/pyside6/doc/deployment-py2exe.rst @@ -0,0 +1,16 @@ +|project| & py2exe +################## + +Deploying an application using py2exe requires writing a small `setup.py` file. +It is explained in the `Tutorial <http://www.py2exe.org/index.cgi/Tutorial>`_. + +py2exe is not generally aware of Qt. It merely copies the dependent libraries +of the application to the `dist` directory, so, the plugins, QML imports +and translations of Qt are missing. + +The latter need to be copied manually after running py2exe. +This can be achieved by running the `windeployqt` tool +from the Qt SDK on the Qt libraries present in the `dist` directory, +for example: + + windeployqt dist\\Qt6Widgets.dll |