On Thu, Jul 27, 2023 at 07:28:25AM +0000, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > You are trying to create a stand alone Python script on Debian that > you can give to someone running Windows. > > Python is an interpreted language - so that person will need a version > of Python on their machine to run your script. Python versions exist > for Windows but it will need to be installed there.
Rather than saying "this is not possible", I'll simply say "I don't know whether this is possible". Tcl has a concept called a "starkit", where StAR is an acronym for "Stand-Alone Runtime". It's a toolset for producing single-file Tcl applications that contain a Tcl interpreter, a Tcl script, and any necessary packages, all bundled together into a single file for distribution. Kinda like a flatpak, but much older and more specialized. I don't know whether Python has anything analogous. You know who *would* know, though? Python developers. On a Python mailing list. Insisting on obtaining this knowledge exclusively through *Debian* resources is a mental impediment that's closing off any paths to a solution.
