🔒 How to send someone an entire environment?

[feral isle]

I have a collaborator who uses a machine without access to the internet. It would be really convenient if I could send them a zip file that contains everything they need to run an environment (all packages, python binaries etc). I know their operating system.

I was thinking of creating a venv and sending it over, but there are probably issues with path variables that can arise with this.

What's the recommended method of doing this?

[quick basin]

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[feral isle]

How to send someone an entire environment?

[gritty spruce]

shiv can help

!pypi shiv

[quick basin]

shiv v1.0.8

A command line utility for building fully self contained Python zipapps.

Released on <t:1730490466:D>.

[gritty spruce]

uv standalone python also helps

[wispy nimbus]

Docker 🙃

[west plover]

docker, podman, nuitika, cx_freeze, pyinstaller(least recommended from me)

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