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How to make an executable file?

Code for the background image of the GUI :
bg = PhotoImage(file='images/all_button.png')
lbl_bg = Label(root, image=bg)
lbl_bg.place(x=0, y=0, relwidth=1, relheight=1)
Error
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "finalbilling.py", line 14, in <module>
File "tkinter\__init__.py", line 4061, in __init__
File "tkinter\__init__.py", line 4006, in __init__
_tkinter.TclError: couldn't open "images/all_button.png": no such file or directory
[7912] Failed to execute script finalbilling

There are many ways in which you can convert it into an executable program.
But one such easy way is to use pyinstaller.
Firstly, download a module named pyinstaller by entering the below code into your console:
pip install pyinstaller
Then, open the folder in which you have kept your program with console.
In windows, you can go to the folder and press shift key and right click to get the option to open with powershell.
In Mac, you can head to the folder > Right click on the folder > Click New Terminal at folder.
Then in the terminal you can either:
pyinstaller (name of your file).py
In this one you will get many other files associated with your executable program.
Don't try to delete those files else your executable file may get affected.
Instead, try the below one to get only one executable file.
pyinstaller --onefile (name of file).py
You can get the executable program into dist folder of the folder you opened into console.
And then you can convert it to zip and send others.
If you are getting any type of errors like:
No such file or directory [7912] Failed to execute script finalbilling
Then there might be an issue with your script or while opening or importing any file an error occurred.
As the same happened with me and after resolving the issue in script it worked.
So, try to resolve the issue in script and then try the above steps it will definitely work.

You can convert the python script to a standalone executable with all its dependencies included using different python packages. One such package is pyinstaller which can be used to create executable for Windows, Mac OS X, or GNU/Linux. pyinstaller

pip install pyinstaller
pyinstaller --onefile main.py
OR
pyinstaller --onefile -w main.py # (will not work for console app)
-w means not to open CMD

Creating Python Tkinter exe file with Pyinstaller problem

I have created GUI python2.7 program with Tkinter successfully without error. Now I want to make an executable file of it using pyinstaller in anaconda environment (I'm using windows 10).
Using this command
pyinstaller --onefile main.py I am able to create exe file successfully in dist folder. But when I tried to run the exe file, it showed error :
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "main.py", line 333, in <module>
File "main.py", line 90, in __init__
File "lib-tk\ttk.py", line 715, in current
_tkinter.TclError: Index 0 out of range
[22668] Failed to execute script main
Is the problem related to tkinter? I've tried the solution here : Problems with Pyinstaller with tkinter app on python 3.5 and here : How to make pyinstaller import the ttk theme? . But still same error

Try and do:
pyinstaller --onefile -w main.py
The -w flag stops python from bringing up the console, and so this could be why tkinter is failing.
Source:
This cool video
I highly recommend you watch this video as it also goes a little in depth on how to clean up after building the exe.

I used pyinstaller to create single exe file for a tkinter project, which contained several py files:
Main.py is my main python file which calls tkinter UI and I had several other python files imported to this Main.py.
Some libraries which I used include pandas,pyodbc
Open cmd in the same directory of the project; Use following command:
pyinstaller --noconfirm --onedir --windowed --icon=XYZ.ico "C:/Users/.../Tkinter_Project/Main.py"
Application was created with no dependencies. If there is any config or image files used, simply copy paste it to the 'dist' folder which gets created.

Executable .py file with shebang path to which python gives error, command not found

I have a self-installed python in my user directory in a corporate UNIX SUSE computer (no sudo privilege):
which python
<user>/bin/python/Python-3.6.1/python
I have an executable (chmod 777) sample.py file with this line at the top of the file:
#!<user>/bin/python/Python-3.6.1/python
I can execute the file like this:
python sample.py
But when I run it by itself I get an error:
/full/path/sample.py
/full/path/sample.py: Command not found
I have no idea why it's not working. I'm discombobulated as what might be going wrong since the file is executable, the python path is correct, and the file executes if I put a python command in the front. What am I missing?
EDIT:
I tried putting this on top of the file:
#!/usr/bin/env python
Now, I get this error:
: No such file or directory
I tried this to make sure my env is correct
which env
/usr/bin/env
EDIT2:
Yes, I can run the script fine using the shebang command like this:
<user>/bin/python/Python-3.6.1/python /full/path/sample.py

Your file has DOS line endings (CR+LF). It works if you run python sample.py but doesn't work if you run ./sample.py. Recode the file so it has Unix line endings (pure LF at the end of every line).

Try using #!/usr/bin/env python as described in this post. Let the OS do the work.

running python executable from windows command line with arguments

I am using the windows7 command prompt and have opened the python interpreter and changed to the directory where the file is located. The instructions I have say to get into the directory and type
./keyboardControl.py 192.168.1.108
where keyboardControl.py is the name of the file and the ip address is for a robot.
I get the error:
File "", line 1
.\keyboardControl.py 192.168.1.108
SyntaxError: invalid syntax
(with the carrot under the . before )
I have also tried:
python keyboardControl.py 192.168.1.108
I get the same error with the carrot now under the l in Control.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

It sounds like you've launched the Python interpreter and are typing these commands into the REPL. This is not what you should be doing. The commands should be run directly at the cmd prompt, e.g.:
C:\Users\me>keyboardControl.py 192.168.1.108
If that does not work (file associations might not be set correctly - Windows does not handle the #! "shebang") the form would be.
C:\Users\me>python keyboardControl.py 192.168.1.108

python command line ok in python shell but not through windows cmd

I was about to test the ftpmirror builtin script (python322, winXP 32bits) from the cmd windows default shell and get this :
File "C:\Program Files\python322\Tools\Scripts\ftpmirror.py", line 161
print('Skip pattern', repr(pat), end=' ')
^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax
I tested the print() line directly in the python shell, trough cmd, and with idle (and in blender also) : this work obsiously.
I reproduce the error with a coucou.py file like this :
#! /usr/bin/env python3
pat = 'toto'
print("Skip pattern", repr(pat), end=" ")
when directly called from a cmd prompt :
C:\Program Files\python322\Tools\Scripts>coucou.py
same error than with ftpmirror
but :
C:\Program Files\python322\Tools\Scripts>python coucou.py
is ok
and my environment is ok I can execute py scripts directly from the windows ui by double-clicking a .py file, and I got working scripts working fine when called from .bat
I don't get it, it looks specific to the print() end argument, what did I not read yet about the way to execute python3 from the windows cmd shell ?
thanks,
Jerome

Try checking if you are running the same python interpreter when you double click or you run python from the command-line.
Save this in a .py file with this content and try running it with both methods:
import sys
print sys.version_info
I bet you are using different interpreters in each case.