python: Can I run a python script without actually installing python?

Question

I have some .py files I wrote that I want to run on a different machine. The target machine does not have python installed, and I can\'t \'install\' it by policy. What I c

Answer 1

This is an old question, but one alternative is creating a virtual environment for Python, which can be as simple as python -m venv myenvname (Python 3.4). You can "install" packages into it the normal way (e.g. pip) without needing anything else. You'll end up with a folder you can move/delete at your leisure.