Python installation without the docs/tk/tcl similar to the MSI installer

[ader1990]

Background

The current EXE installer allows to install Python without test/tcltk/docs/launcher - using the below config flags. Basically a stripped down installation, with just the minimum Python bits for almost any console application.

Example installation:

        Start-Process -FilePath "${pythonInstallerPath}" -NoNewWindow -Wait `
            -ArgumentList @("/quiet", "TargetDir=${tmp_python_template_dir}","Include_test=0","Include_tcltk=0","Include_launcher=0","Include_doc=0")

Details

Is there a similar option or equivalent with pymanager?

Thanks.

[zooba]

By default you don't get tests (you need to py install PythonTest\3... to get those), and there's no launcher anymore because it's replaced by PyManager itself.

Docs and Tkinter are still there, but there's not a great option to exclude them from the default package - we don't do any install logic at all, just download and extract the package, and adding an alternative package means duplicating a lot of upstream infrastructure to build more configurations. So they're basically going to stay - we're done trying to diagnose issues on random machines due to too many options.

Depending on your use case, you might be able to use the embeddable distro (py install PythonEmbed\3..., most likely used with --target <dir> to install it directly into its location). That omits a lot of stuff to be quite minimal.

Or if you're trying to provide an install option for users (which your linked PR title suggests, though I haven't looked at it), you could also repackage our packages and provide your own feed. That's fully and intentionally allowed, though it'll require you to be able to look at a JSON file and infer how to make it point at a different URL (not complicated, but call it the cost of entry/cost of saving us from having to hand-hold every entry-level IT admin through the process). The docs should have helpful pointers, particularly the Configuration and Administration sections, and the Offline Installs section will also be helpful if you want to go this way.