title: xcopy python deployment
body: <p>I'm new to python and I'm writing my first program. I would like after I finish to be able to run the program from the source code on a windows or mac machine. My program has dependencies on 3rd party modules.</p>
  
  <p>I read about virtualenv but I don't think it helps me because it says it's not relocatable and it's not cross-platform (see <strong><em>Making Environments Relocatable</em></strong> <a href="http://pypi.python.org/pypi/virtualenv" rel="nofollow">http://pypi.python.org/pypi/virtualenv</a>).</p>
  
  <p>The best scenario is to install the 3rd party modules locally in my project, aka xcopy installation.</p>
  
  <p>I will be really surprised if python doesn't support this easily especially since it promotes simplicity and frictionless programming.</p>