🔒 how can i get python to auto install on a computer

[dawn trellis]

im making a game and due to how im making it i DONT want to turn it into an exe
how can i make python auto install

this is my current code using a windows batch file:
@echo off

REM Check for Python installation
python --version >nul 2>&1
IF %ERRORLEVEL% NEQ 0 (
echo Python is not installed. Installing now...

REM Set the URL for the latest Python installer (Python 3.12.0)
SET "python_installer_url=https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.13.5/python-3.13.5-amd64.exe"
SET "installer_path=%TEMP%\python-installer.exe"

REM Download Python installer using PowerShell
powershell -Command "Invoke-WebRequest -Uri '%python_installer_url%' -OutFile '%installer_path%'"

REM Run the installer
start /wait "%installer_path%" /quiet InstallAllUsers=1 PrependPath=1

REM Clean up
del "%installer_path%"

) ELSE (
echo Python is already installed. please wait
)

REM Launch your game
python main.py

[meager sparrow]

@dawn trellis

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[hallow mica]

its probably best to just have the user download python, very few people will want another program automatically downloaded onto their computer

[ivory halo]

anything you do that tries to automatically install an executable on someone's computer will hopefully get flagged by the user's computer as a virus. even if you're not trying to ship malicious software, you're describing a pattern for doing so.

[dawn trellis]

then i'll add a button that says "python is needed to run this game"

[blazing wigeon]

Yeah this is a pretty normal way to do it
Tell them python is needed
With instructions for them to install python themselves

[dawn trellis]

why cant i make it install it automatically

making people have to install python would discourage people downloading the game

[blazing wigeon]

What if people already have it installed, with a different version
What if people don't want to install python
etc.

And this can also cause issue when the user install a different python

Also, does your game have dependency that isn't standard library?(Such as pygame/pygame-ce,textual)

[rugged pelican]

i will preface this with i have never used pyinstaller

https://pyinstaller.org/en/stable/

but this problem is reminding me of pyinstaller, would it work?

PyInstaller bundles a Python application and all its dependencies into a single package. The user can run the packaged app without installing a Python interpreter or any modules.

[blazing wigeon]

Note that pyinstaller also have the tendency of being flagged as malware

[rugged pelican]

ah. i didnt know that oops

[blazing wigeon]

As many more other py to exe generator

[blazing wigeon]

Well, as they can be are frequently used to make python malware, and due to the signature of the executable would be similar (as it bundle the interpreter and all the library, which your code is just a very small amount), and arbitrary code execution is possible (which is difficult if not impossible to analysis), which therefore antivirus just flag them

[dawn trellis]

ive tried pyinstaller and it NEVER works

[dawn trellis]

yes but i use alternate code that works to install them

[low raft]

try Nuitka

[celest blade]

You could try Nuitka.
Also you mention pyinstaller NEVER works. Maybe you forgot to set a hidden import - I know tkinter requires to be hidden imported (I know very annoying). Or you could try the GUI version of pyinstaller called auto-py-to-exe just run that in command line after pip installing and a GUI should appear.

[meager sparrow]

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