How to make a Python Executable?

[Aleksbgbg]

This is the most frustrating thing I've ever had to do in my life.

 

Why on earth doesn't py2exe work out of the box? I've been doing this for an hour and got nowhere.

 

I don't know how to set up python as an environment variable BECAUSE ITS NOT ****ING WORKING and I when I tried "setup.py py2exe" in CMD I got a big middle finger:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "E:\Downloads\py2exe-0.6.9\py2exe-0.6.9\setup.py", line 3, in <module>
    import py2exe
  File "E:\Downloads\py2exe-0.6.9\py2exe-0.6.9\py2exe\__init__.py", line 67, in <module>
    import distutils.dist, distutils.core, distutils.command, build_exe, sys
ImportError: No module named 'build_exe'

 

How do I use py2exe to make a python executable? Please explain in detail, thanks

[BuntzenB]

3 hours ago, Aleksbgbg said:

This is the most frustrating thing I've ever had to do in my life.

 

Why on earth doesn't py2exe work out of the box? I've been doing this for an hour and got nowhere.

 

I don't know how to set up python as an environment variable BECAUSE ITS NOT ****ING WORKING and I when I tried "setup.py py2exe" in CMD I got a big middle finger:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "E:\Downloads\py2exe-0.6.9\py2exe-0.6.9\setup.py", line 3, in <module>
    import py2exe
  File "E:\Downloads\py2exe-0.6.9\py2exe-0.6.9\py2exe\__init__.py", line 67, in <module>
    import distutils.dist, distutils.core, distutils.command, build_exe, sys
ImportError: No module named 'build_exe'

 

How do I use py2exe to make a python executable? Please explain in detail, thanks

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5458048/how-to-make-a-python-script-standalone-executable-to-run-without-any-dependency

[fizzlesticks]

I find pyinstaller much easier than py2exe (which I've never gotten to work, even for a hello world script.) 

First use pip to install pyinstaller by running the command

path/to/python/python -m pip install pyinstaller

Then to make an exe, run pyinstaller with the command

path/to/python/Scripts/pyinstaller path/to/script.py

Using the -F flag will force all the necessary files into a single .exe file instead of everything being spread out in the dist directory

path/to/python/Scripts/pyinstaller -F path/to/script.py

Doing this also generates a .spec file that you can edit to change some of the settings then rerun the command. This may be required depending on what libraries your script is using or if you have any data files that need to be included.

[straight_stewie]

How to make A python executable? Easy, stick it in a barrel. Don't let it start wrapping you up before you execute it though, or you might get executed by the python.

[vorticalbox]

16 hours ago, straight_stewie said:

How to make A python executable? Easy, stick it in a barrel. Don't let it start wrapping you up before you execute it though, or you might get executed by the python.

how long have you been waiting to tell that joke ?

[straight_stewie]

Just now, vorticalbox said:

how long have you been waiting to tell that joke

Long enough that I was disappointed by the reactions (or lack thereof).

[Tyrael_Archangel]

On 6/23/2016 at 9:17 PM, fizzlesticks said:

I find pyinstaller much easier than py2exe

I second pyinstaller, I use it at work all the time and its far better at finding library dependencies(even complex ones like pyside) than py2exe 

[Aleksbgbg]

On 24/06/2016 at 2:17 AM, fizzlesticks said:

I find pyinstaller much easier than py2exe (which I've never gotten to work, even for a hello world script.) 

First use pip to install pyinstaller by running the command

path/to/python/python -m pip install pyinstaller

Then to make an exe, run pyinstaller with the command

path/to/python/Scripts/pyinstaller path/to/script.py

Using the -F flag will force all the necessary files into a single .exe file instead of everything being spread out in the dist directory

path/to/python/Scripts/pyinstaller -F path/to/script.py

Doing this also generates a .spec file that you can edit to change some of the settings then rerun the command. This may be required depending on what libraries your script is using or if you have any data files that need to be included.

For the python -m pip install pyinstaller thing, I can't get that to work. It says no module named pip. I am on windows 10.

[fizzlesticks]

2 hours ago, Aleksbgbg said:

For the python -m pip install pyinstaller thing, I can't get that to work. It says no module named pip. I am on windows 10.

pip is a package manager that comes installed in newer versions of Python (2.7.9+ for Py2 and 3.4+ for Py3.) If you don't have it, it's time to upgrade your Python. 

[Aleksbgbg]

3 minutes ago, fizzlesticks said:

pip is a package manager that comes installed in newer versions of Python (2.7.9+ for Py2 and 3.4+ for Py3.) If you don't have it, it's time to upgrade your Python. 

Right thanks.

 

Had python 3.3 for ages, since a friend installed it for me back when I thought virtualbox was python because that was how it works at school ;D

 

Well I will ask if I have other problems, thanks very much for the help.

[Aleksbgbg]

52 minutes ago, fizzlesticks said:

pip is a package manager that comes installed in newer versions of Python (2.7.9+ for Py2 and 3.4+ for Py3.) If you don't have it, it's time to upgrade your Python. 

So dude, now I get this. I will screenshot for clarity.

[fizzlesticks]

1 hour ago, Aleksbgbg said:

So dude, now I get this. I will screenshot for clarity.

It seems to be a bug in pip when Python is installed to a path with spaces in it. It could be fixed by going through all the Python files in the Scripts folder and quoting the path in the shebang lines, but for laziness sake I'd just reinstall Python to a directory without any spaces in the path. The default used to just be C:/PythonXX not sure why they changed it.

 

edit: Also once that's fixed and you're running pyinstaller, if the path for the script you're making has spaces in it you'll have to quote the path.

pyinstaller "d:\some\path with spaces\my script.py"

[Aleksbgbg]

4 minutes ago, fizzlesticks said:

It seems to be a bug in pip when Python is installed to a path with spaces in it. It could be fixed by going through all the Python files in the Scripts folder and quoting the path in the shebang lines, but for laziness sake I'd just reinstall Python to a directory without any spaces in the path. The default used to just be C:/PythonXX not sure why they changed it.

 

edit: Also once that's fixed and you're running pyinstaller, if the path for the script you're making has spaces in it you'll have to quote the path.

pyinstaller "d:\some\path with spaces\my script.py"

Thanks. Will write if success/need more help

[Aleksbgbg]

On 26/06/2016 at 9:07 PM, fizzlesticks said:

It seems to be a bug in pip when Python is installed to a path with spaces in it. It could be fixed by going through all the Python files in the Scripts folder and quoting the path in the shebang lines, but for laziness sake I'd just reinstall Python to a directory without any spaces in the path. The default used to just be C:/PythonXX not sure why they changed it.

 

edit: Also once that's fixed and you're running pyinstaller, if the path for the script you're making has spaces in it you'll have to quote the path.

pyinstaller "d:\some\path with spaces\my script.py"

Hey, I'm really sorry to bug you, but to this day I haven't gotten this to work. The above is no longer my issue, it is now this:

http://prntscr.com/d3l1km

 

You seem to know your stuff and it would be great if I could just compile Python

[fizzlesticks]

16 hours ago, Aleksbgbg said:

Hey, I'm really sorry to bug you, but to this day I haven't gotten this to work. The above is no longer my issue, it is now this:

http://prntscr.com/d3l1km

 

You seem to know your stuff and it would be great if I could just compile Python

Take a look at the answers in this SO post http://stackoverflow.com/questions/25254285/pyinstaller-importerror-no-system-module-pywintypes-pywintypes27-dll