Being a fan of portable sw I was wondering if there is a way to make python interpreter portable and here is what I came up with (for Windows):
- install Python
- copy to desired location
- copy python30.dll from C:\WINDOWS\system32\ to the same directory as python.exe
- uninstall Python
- if necessary install Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable Package (x86) (it contains msvcr90.dll) (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=9B2DA534-3E03-4...)
- use it 
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but if you'll try the search box above, you'll find it already posted here.
There was a major change between python 3.0 and 2.6, so the majority of programs for 3 won't work on 2.x (but there is a script somewhere to convert 2.x to 3).
On that note, I plan to update Python portable this following weekend, but that is just a vague gesture
But there’s no sense crying over every mistake,
You just keep on trying till you run out of cake.
Their is a portable python i use daily it comes with several python usages already in the download. (http://www.portablepython.com/) they have 3.1 python but not 3.0 hope this will help you.
My idea is as follows: if one can run application as portable by default why using "portabilized" versions from other people?
I tried it a while ago when I first tried learning Python, but had to use bat files to run IDLE, and I don't think you can run Portable Python as guest, as it uses bat files.
A PortableApps version might be able to go 'round that barrier.
Hey! Where'd it go?
Well, I don't use IDLE, I use Notepad++
Small correction, PortablePython.com has 3.0.1 version, not 3.1. Also the new versions don't use bat files and they include SPE and PyScripter editors which can easy writing/running python scripts a lot.
cheers,
Perica Zivkovic
http://www.PortablePython.com