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 Notes on Creating Standalone Apps
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-With [PyInstaller](http://www.pyinstaller.org) it's possible to convert a python app to a standalone, single file executable. This allows us to make the setup process much easier and remove all the the prerequisites on the target machine (including python).
+With [PyInstaller](http://www.pyinstaller.org) it's possible to convert a python app to a standalone, single file executable. This allows us to make the setup process much easier and remove all the prerequisites on the target machine (including python).
 
 From a shell/Terminal do the following: