Re: Compiled Python

> I downloaded the .deb supplied on the website,

There is no .deb supplied by the BitPim developers.  There is however an
rpm with instructions on how to convert it to a deb.

> Was this because you compiled those libraries into your 
> program?

They are bundled with the distributed rpm/exe/dmg.

> How did you compile this project? 

The bundling is py2exe (Windows), cx-Freeze (Linux) and py2app (Mac).

http://bitpim.org/papers/baypiggies/

> What advantaged does a 
> compiled program have to a one ran directly from the interpreter? 

Read the above presentation.

Roger


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