mangle/INSTALL.md
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Install Instructions

For local development / building stand-alone binaries.

You need Python 2.7.

If you are using Windows and want to build a stand-alone binary download the Windows x86 MSI installer because py2exe for Python 2 doesn't work with 64 bit. Any performance increase from 64 bit is negligible.

Be sure to add python to PATH during installation.

Install virtualenv globally, if you don't already have it.

> pip install virtualenv

and install all dependencies in a venv in the mangle directory, e.g.

...\mangle> virtualenv venv
> venv\Scripts\activate
(venv) > pip install -r requirements.txt

You can run the app via

(venv) > python mangle.pyw

Optionally, you can install all the dependencies globally so you can simply click on the mangle.pyw file to run it.

Building an Executable (Windows)

To actually build a stand-alone .exe, install

Microsoft Visual C++ Compiler for Python 2.7

A standalone binary can be created in the dist folder via

(venv) > python setup.py

You may get an error which can be solved by looking at https://stackoverflow.com/questions/38444230/error-converting-gui-to-standalone-executable-using-py2exe