How can I create a package of a PyQt/PySide application which can be expected to run in "reasonable" environments?

Question

By "reasonable" environment I mean that it should not require the user to manually install any dependencies of the application, but a working Python installation can be required. Additionally I would like the application to work on Windows, OSX, and popular Linux distributions. If I can package a Python interpreter as well, that's better. Size is not really a concern. A good example of what I want to accomplish is the SublimeText editor.

Is there an established way of doing this?

Answer 1

Yes, python comes with setup utilities, and there are packages which will put your complete application in a platform specific binary(exe on windows, .app on osx). Some of the packages I would recommend looking at would be:

cx_freeze

py2app

py2exe