I'm trying to convert a fairly simple Python program to an executable and couldn't find what I was looking for, so I have a few questions (I'm running Python 3.6):
The methods of doing this that I have found so far are as follows
downloading an old version of Python and using pyinstaller/py2exe
setting up a virtual environment in Python 3.6 that will allow me to do 1.
downloading a Python to C++ converter and using that.
Here is what I've tried/what problems I've run into.
I installed pyinstaller before the required download before it (pypi-something) so it did not work. After downloading the prerequisite file, pyinstaller still does not recognize it.
If I'm setting up a virtualenv in Python 2.7, do I actually need to have Python 2.7 installed?
similarly, the only python to C++ converters I see work only up until Python 3.5 - do I need to download and use this version if attempting this?
Steps to convert .py to .exe in Python 3.6
Install Python 3.6.
Install cx_Freeze, (open your command prompt and type pip install cx_Freeze.
Install idna, (open your command prompt and type pip install idna.
Write a .py program named myfirstprog.py.
Create a new python file named setup.py on the current directory of your script.
In the setup.py file, copy the code below and save it.
With shift pressed right click on the same directory, so you are able to open a command prompt window.
In the prompt, type python setup.py build
If your script is error free, then there will be no problem on creating application.
Check the newly created folder build. It has another folder in it. Within that folder you can find your application. Run it. Make yourself happy.
See the original script in my blog.
setup.py:
from cx_Freeze import setup, Executable
base = None
executables = [Executable("myfirstprog.py", base=base)]
packages = ["idna"]
options = {
'build_exe': {
'packages':packages,
},
}
setup(
name = "<any name>",
options = options,
version = "<any number>",
description = '<any description>',
executables = executables
)
EDIT:
be sure that instead of myfirstprog.py you should put your .pyextension file name as created in step 4;
you should include each imported package in your .py into packages list (ex: packages = ["idna", "os","sys"])
any name, any number, any description in setup.py file should not remain the same, you should change it accordingly (ex:name = "<first_ever>", version = "0.11", description = '' )
the imported packages must be installed before you start step 8.
Python 3.6 is supported by PyInstaller.
Open a cmd window in your Python folder (open a command window and use cd or while holding shift, right click it on Windows Explorer and choose 'Open command window here'). Then just enter
pip install pyinstaller
And that's it.
The simplest way to use it is by entering on your command prompt
pyinstaller file_name.py
For more details on how to use it, take a look at this question.
There is an open source project called auto-py-to-exe on GitHub. Actually it also just uses PyInstaller internally but since it is has a simple GUI that controls PyInstaller it may be a comfortable alternative. It can also output a standalone file in contrast to other solutions. They also provide a video showing how to set it up.
GUI:
Output:
Alternatively use pyinstaller directly:
pip install pyinstaller
pyinstaller filename
I can't tell you what's best, but a tool I have used with success in the past was cx_Freeze. They recently updated (on Jan. 7, '17) to version 5.0.1 and it supports Python 3.6.
Here's the pypi
https://pypi.python.org/pypi/cx_Freeze
The documentation shows that there is more than one way to do it, depending on your needs.
http://cx-freeze.readthedocs.io/en/latest/overview.html
I have not tried it out yet, so I'm going to point to a post where the simple way of doing it was discussed. Some things may or may not have changed though.
How do I use cx_freeze?
Now you can convert it by using PyInstaller. It works with even Python 3.
Steps:
Fire up your PC
Open command prompt
Enter command pip install pyinstaller
When it is installed, use the command 'cd' to go to the working directory.
Run command pyinstaller <filename>
I've been using Nuitka and PyInstaller with my package, PySimpleGUI.
Nuitka
There were issues getting tkinter to compile with Nuikta. One of the project contributors developed a script that fixed the problem.
If you're not using tkinter it may "just work" for you. If you are using tkinter say so and I'll try to get the script and instructions published.
PyInstaller
I'm running 3.6 and PyInstaller is working great!
The command I use to create my exe file is:
pyinstaller -wF myfile.py
The -wF will create a single EXE file. Because all of my programs have a GUI and I do not want to command window to show, the -w option will hide the command window.
This is as close to getting what looks like a Winforms program to run that was written in Python.
[Update 20-Jul-2019]
There is PySimpleGUI GUI based solution that uses PyInstaller. It uses PySimpleGUI. It's called pysimplegui-exemaker and can be pip installed.
pip install PySimpleGUI-exemaker
To run it after installing:
python -m pysimplegui-exemaker.pysimplegui-exemaker
The best and easiest way is auto-py-to-exe for sure, and I have given all the steps and red flags below which will take you just 5 mins to get a final .exe file as you don't have to learn anything to use it.
1.) It may not work for python 3.9 on some devices I guess.
2.) While installing python, if you had selected 'add python 3.x to path', open command prompt from start menu and you will have to type pip install auto-py-to-exe to install it. You will have to press enter on command prompt to get the result of the line that you are typing.
3.) Once it is installed, on command prompt itself, you can simply type just auto-py-to-exe to open it. It will open a new window. It may take up to a minute the first time. Also, closing command prompt will close auto-py-to-exe also so don't close it till you have your .exe file ready.
4.) There will be buttons for everything you need to make a .exe file and the screenshot of it is shared below. Also, for the icon, you need a .ico file instead of an image so to convert it, you can use https://convertio.co/
5.) If your script uses external files, you can add them through auto-py-to-exe and in the script, you will have to do some changes to their path. First, you have to write import sys if not written already, second, you have to make a variable for eg, location=getattr(sys,"_MEIPASS",".")+"/", third, the location of example.png would be location+"/example.png" if it is not in any folder.
6.) If it is showing any error, it may probably be because of a module called setuptools not being at the latest version. To upgrade it to the latest version, on command prompt, you will have to write pip install --upgrade setuptools. Also, in the script, writing import setuptools may help. If the version of setuptools is more than 50.0.0 then everything should be fine.
7.) After all these steps, in auto-py-to-exe, when the conversion is complete, the .exe file will be in the folder that you would have chosen (by default, it is 'c:/users/name/output') or it would have been removed by your antivirus if you have one. Every antivirus has different methods to restore a file so just experiment if you don't know.
Here is how the simple GUI of auto-py-to-exe can be used to make a .exe file.
PyOxidizer can be an option here. It's pretty popular with 3.3k stars on Github. Its documentation says
PyOxidizer is capable of producing a single file executable - with a copy of Python and all its dependencies statically linked and all resources (like .pyc files) embedded in the executable. You can copy a single executable file to another machine and run a Python application contained within. It just works.
While I'm not sure if it is capable of producing .exe file PyOxidizer definitely helps with packaging and distribution.
I have made my own Executable from a python script which I want to run on a computer that does not have Python installed on it. My only problem is there are packages I have included which are not default python packages (e.g. pynput). Otherwise, the Executable would run fine without Python installed. Is there a way to include Python packages with my executable? Can I put the packages in the same folder as the script and import them from there? If so, would I then be able to transport them along with my Executable? I have already googled a solution but I cannot find anything on it.
use following method :
pip install pyinstaller
pyinstaller is a package for generating executable files for python and can be ran from command line or terminal
in the same directory of your pyhton file run following command
pyinstaller --onefile nameofyourfile.py
after its done if you check your folder there should be a dist folder
inside that you can find an executable to your python file which has no dependencies to other packages
I'm trying to convert my game that I created with pygame into a .exe file using pyinstaller. For some reason, it does not work. However, it says that I have it installed but it's not reconizable for some reason. Here are some images:
When I try to run it using: pyinstaller --onefile -w main.py
This image is when I try to uninstall and reinstall pyinstaller. It currently says that it's installed but when I try to use the command:
"pyinstaller --onefile -w main.py", it says it isn't recognized.
I'm really desperate... I've searched the ENTIRE internet for a solution but couldn't find one and this is my FIRST stack overflow post. Please help. Thanks in advance!
If pyinstaller is compatible with 3.9 (which it should be according to the documentation https://pypi.org/project/pyinstaller/#:~:text=Works%20out%2Dof%2Dthe%2D,libraries%2C%20thus%20ensuring%20full%20compatibility.&text=Libraries%20like%20PyQt5%2C%20PySide2%2C%20wxPython,or%20external%20data%20files%20manually), then make sure you're running the version of python that has pyinstaller on it. It looks like you're using windows which I don't think has a default python package (mac comes with 2.7 installed which is hella annoying). So if you do have other python versions installed, you need to specify which one you you want to run - in this case 3.9 because that's where. The command I used on mac (I think it should be the same on windows) is
/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.8/bin/pyinstaller -m PyInstaller --onefile MyPythonProgram.py
That first portion is the location of the pyinstaller folder in your python installation so it will be different from mine but from the -m onwards it should be the same. To get the location of pyinstaller try the directory from your second picture.
I just finished working on a PyCharm project (using python 3.7), which uses libraries downloaded using PyCharm's built in functionality. I just want to send this project to my boss so that he can simply run it by clicking on it, without having to go through downloading PyCharm and downloading the applicable packages. Please tell me that there is a way to do this. Thank you
if you want to convert your python project to a program exucutable in windows you can use the library pyinstaller.
install the library:
pip install pyinstaller
then in the path of the project,open a command console and type the following commands.
if you want the executable in one file(slower start):
pyinstaller.exe --onefile --windowed --icon="your_icon_file".ico "your_python_script".py
if you want the executable in one folder(faster start):
pyinstaller.exe --onedir --windowed --icon="your_icon_file".ico "your_python_script".py
this wil create a folder call "dist" where your .exe will be,
pd: whith the --onedir command you will see all your dependencies in that folder, if you have a simple script you can use the first option.
Link to the pyinstaller documentation:https://pypi.org/project/pyinstaller/
You could solve this issue by converting the .py file to an executable file or .exe file....
Hopefully it helped..thx
A simple way to that would be sharing it on github with a requirements.txt file containing all the dependencies which then can be installed using python -m pip install -r requirements.txt.
Or You can use pyinstaller --onefile <yourfile.py> to create a .exe file which could be run without any requirements on windows.
I want to convert my python script to exe without additional files like ddl, pyd..
Is it possible?
Use pyinstaller https://github.com/pyinstaller/pyinstaller
Install it by running pip install pyinstaller in terminal / console
Then run pyinstaller --onefile yourscriptsname.py and it will create you an exe file in the same directory