Build cli zipapp

CHKware zipapp is a self contained executable alike utility that once build can be used from anywhere. However, it have python version dependency.

Follow these steps to bundle chkware as zipapp.

• Please confirm that Python 3.11.x is installed and setup on this machine

• Clone the repo

  git clone https://github.com/chkware/cli.git cli-zip

• Change to the directory

  cd cli-zip

• Make directory for local virtualenv setup

  python -m venv .venv

• Switch to the virtualenv

  source .venv/bin/activate

  or on windows

  .venv/Scripts/activate.bat

• Install all required packages

  pip install -U -r requirements.txt

• Install shiv for building the zipapp

  pip install -U shiv

• Use the environment's python to build the zipapp. Refer to shiv documentation for further explanation.

  python -m shiv -c chk -o chk.pyz .

• chk.pyz is generated in the project folder. You can move it to anywhere on your machine, and put it on your machine's environment variable or $PATH. Then, use it as follows:

  chk.pyz http tests/resources/storage/sample_config/xkcd-joke.chk