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How can I to convert python code py to exe? [duplicate]

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.

Creating exe from a Python Directory

so I finished a project in python and now I wanna transfer the whole project into exe.
I have a couple directories in the project which makes it look like so :
My Main is in ServerStart and it has dependencies from all the other files in the directories.
how can I create 1 exe file that will run it all?
I tried using pyinstaller and failed miserable.
the command I used(already inside the projects directory)
pip install pyinstaller
cd ServerStart
pyinstaller --onefile ServerMain.py
Am I missing on something ? it just creates an exe that on click -and closes immediately , when I used pause in the batch , it seemed like the program didn't even start running .
python script

Try using auto-py-to-exe. I have used it once and it seemed to work fine for me.

Unable to create process : .ui to .py

I have been trying for a long time to generate a python code frome qtDesigner but I always have the same issue :
The command I used : pyuic5 ExtraInfo_Design.ui -o ExtraInfo_Designui.py
Fatal error in launcher: Unable to create process using '"c:\users\Dorian\appdata\local\programs\python\python37-32\python.exe" "C:\Users\lDorian\Desktop\extrInfo\pyuic5.exe" ExtraInfo_Design.ui -o ExtraInfo_Designui.py'
I think that all these problems happen because I changed the name of my laptop so I have other files that had been created "lDorian".
I have tried to open the shell as ana administrator.
I had tried to generate the code from a (.bat) file.
I had tried to add python path to the path directory.
Thanks, folks.

As far as I get it from your question and the error message, you changed your laptop username from lDorian to Dorian . For programs that set the path variable during installation, this is now wrong as you see in your error message.
For python the path starts with "c:\users\Dorian", for pyuic5 it start with "C:\Users\lDorian" which I guess is the user that does not exist anymore.
The python path you changed, so it looks fine now. Also change the path for pyuic5 and it should work.
If you still encounter problems, a clean reinstall of python and qt should do the job and might be faster than searching for all misset paths.

After reinstalling Anaconda and all the version of python/pyqt that I already have,
I opened the cmd on Windows but I had the same problem.
The solution is:
After reinstalling all and deleting the python link in the path environment.
Open the Anaconda Powershell Prompt (not Anaconda Prompt) as an administrator
Type pip install pyqt5
then run : pyuic5 fileName.ui -o fileName.py
Have a nice day.

How can I convert a .py to .exe for Python?

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.

How do I run a Python 3.5 program that uses Tkinter on a computer without Python installed?

I have coded a program in Python 3.5 that uses the Tkinter import. I'm trying to figure out a way to run it on computers that don't have Python. First I tried freezing it but I haven't been able to because none of the freezing tools I found support Python 3.5. Then I tried possibly using a online idle but I couldn't find any that support Tkinter. I would prefer to be able to get a .exe file or something similar but if I could run it online that would be good too any ideas?
EDIT
So I have now successfully downloaded PyInstaller using pip. My current problem is when I type this into the console: pyinstaller.exe --onefile --windowed Finder.py
I get this error: 'pyinstaller.exe' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
EDIT
I have now found the pathway to pyinstaller.exe. Now when I try to use it it says Access is denied.

I finally figured it out after about three days of work. Fist I downloaded PyInstaleller in the zipped form and extracted it. Then I put my program in the PyInstaller folder. Then I opened a regular command prompt. I then typed cd then the location of the PyInstaller folder. Finally I typed pyinstaller.py --one file --windowed program.py. Then when I went into the PyInstaller folder there was a folder called program with the .exe file in the dist folder. Thanks everyone for all of your help!

You can use pyinstaller to do that. I think its work fine on linux em linux.
Another option is use py2exe.

Try pyinstaller -F -w Finder.py as the command or you could check out CxFreeze.