From 806bea5b5cd617dd8c809a08f3cf1db6e9dca3e2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Athanasius Date: Sun, 14 Jun 2020 18:08:54 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] docs: RELEASING.md: Expand on how to run the py2exe command --- docs/RELEASING.md | 10 ++++++++-- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/RELEASING.md b/docs/RELEASING.md index d12fcebc..6df31636 100644 --- a/docs/RELEASING.md +++ b/docs/RELEASING.md @@ -65,11 +65,17 @@ There are other things that you should probably change, but can get away with le Packaging & Installer Generation --- -Assuming the correct python.exe is in your PATH then simply run: +You'll want to do the .exe and .msi generation in a `cmd.exe` window, not e.g. a 'Git bash' window. + +Assuming the correct python.exe is associated with .py files then simply run: setup.py py2exe -else you might need something like: +else you might need this, which assumes correct python.exe is in your PATH: + + python.exe setup.py py2exe + +else you'll have to specify the path to python.exe: "%LOCALAPPDATA%\Programs\Python\Python37-32\python.exe" setup.py py2exe