Simplify installation process with an installer

[ptrstr]

What platform would the installer be for and would it be GUI or CLI? Since making a script to do the instructions is quite simple

[pealco]

Curious if you had something in mind beyond pip install vypye?

[abey79]

A good chunk of vpype users are not developers at all, and I suspect some people's generative art endeavours bring them to a terminal for the first time ever. So pip install already carries a great deal of weight. For someone unfamiliar with the notion of 'library' the whole venv stuff is downright sorcery, and, if you're unfortunate enough to run Windows, the installation process is further complicated by the downloading of obscure archives from a pre-CSS-era website seemingly escaped from the nineties.

In my view, the ideal situation would be:

• macOS .pgk / Windows .msi archive with 'native' installation experience
• include a selection of well-maintained plug-ins (vpype-text, vpype-embroidery, etc.)
• fully self-contained (Python + all dependencies included)
• automatic configuration of the $PATH
• support for uninstall (would typically come for free with native installer packages)
• signed archives to avoid security-related warnings
• CI integration to generate said archives

@ptrstr: I'd target macOS & Windows. For the Linux, the better way down the line would be to have a Debian package of some sort but, given the demographics of Linux users, the current situation can probably live on for a bit. Beyond the native installer GUI, this issue is not about bring any kind of GUI to vpype. The use would still be strictly on the command line, but with streamlined installation process (download, install, open Terminal, type vpype).

Note: this maintained fork of py2exe might be a viable alternative to PyInstaller, at least for Windows.

[abey79]

Done for windows since 1.2.0 (#120)