including image file when installing python script using distutils

Asked Jan 05 '15 at 02:43

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I've written a python program with tkinter and it has an icon file, icon.gif. In the program, the icon is referenced as if it was in the current working directory (while testing, it was). But when i try to install the program to my computer (I'm on a linux machine), using python setup.py install, the program complains about there being no icon file.

This is my reference to the icon file:

root.tk.call('wm','iconphoto', root._w, tk.Image("photo", file="icon.gif"))

This is my setup.py:

#!/usr/bin/env python

from distutils.core import setup

includefiles = ["icon.gif"]

setup(name='my-program',
      version='alpha',
      scripts=["my-program"],
      data_files=[('bitmaps', ['icon.gif'])],
     )

So basically I'd like to know either: 1. How to make sure that the image is copied into the correct place. 2. how to refer to my icon image in the program so that wherever the distutils puts it, it works.

asked Jan 05 '15 at 02:43

Jaz

if it's just a single file, have you considered Base64-encoding it in your source? – MattDMo Jan 05 '15 at 02:57
I guess that's a potential solution. – Jaz Jan 05 '15 at 03:09
actually, this should solve your problem: http://stackoverflow.com/q/1612733/1426065 – MattDMo Jan 05 '15 at 03:13

including image file when installing python script using distutils

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