Minimal set of files required to distribute an embed-Cython-compiled code and make it work on any machine
After further research (I tried in an empty Win 7 x64 bit VM, without any VCredist previously installed), it seems that these files are enough:
-
the program itself,
test.exe
(produced bycython --embed
and compilation withcl.exe
) -
python37.dll
-
python37.zip
coming from packages named "Windows x86-64 embeddable zip file" in https://www.python.org/downloads/windows/ -
vcruntime140.dll
, as mentioned in Can I bundle the Visual Studio 2015 C++ Redistributable DLL's with my application? or ask the user to install vc_redist.x64.exe before -
ucrtbase.dll
-
more than 30 files
api-ms-win-*.dll
were required too; if not you will have the following error:... api-ms-win-crt-runtime-l1-1-0.dll is missing ...
Notes:
-
if you require another library, like
pygame
, just copy/paste the folder fromC:\Python37\Lib\site-packages\pygame
seems to work -
for me, concrt140.dll, msvcp140.dll, vccorlib140.dll did not seem necessary