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+Installer details
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+=================
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+The installers pynsist builds do a number of things:
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+1. Unpack and run the Python .msi installer for the version of Python you
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+ specified.
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+2. Unpack and run the .msi installer for the `py launcher
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+ <https://bitbucket.org/vinay.sajip/pylauncher>`_, if you're using Python 2
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+ (in Python 3, this is installed as part of Python).
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+3. Install a number of files in the installation directory the user selects:
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+
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+ - The launcher script(s) that start your application
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+ - The icon(s) for your application launchers
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+ - Python packages your application needs
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+ - Any other files you specified
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+
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+4. Create a start menu shortcut for each launcher script. If there is only one
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+ launcher, it will go in the top level of the start menu. If there's more than
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+ one, the installer will make a folder named after the application.
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+5. Write an uninstaller, and the registry keys to put it in 'Add/remove programs'.
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+ The uninstaller only uninstalls your application (undoing steps 3-5); it
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+ leaves Python alone, because there might be other applications using Python.
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+The installer (and uninstaller) is produced using `NSIS
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+<http://nsis.sourceforge.net/Main_Page>`_, with the Modern UI.
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Thomas Kluyver