Given:
- Ubuntu
- py2exe and pyinstaller
- Python script with setup.py (or else)
from distutils.core import setup
import py2exe
import os
setup(
version = "1.0",
description = 'foo',
url = "",
name = "foo",
console=[{
"script":"main.py",
"dest_base":"foo",
}],
zipfile = "shared.dll",
options = {"py2exe":{
'bundle_files': 1,
'optimize': 2,
"dll_excludes": ['MSVCP90.dll', 'msvcr71.dll', "IPHLPAPI.DLL", "NSI.dll", "WINNSI.DLL", "WTSAPI32.dll"],
"includes": ["utils"]
}}
)
Need:
- One .exe file and maybe some .dll (I realy don't know)
Steps what I did:
- setup pip3 and python 3.4 (https://askubuntu.com/questions/524399/issues-with-py2exe)
- setup py2exe for ubuntu "pip3 install py2exe"
- run "python3.4 setup.py py2exe" And got following traceback:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "setup.py", line 2, in <module>
import py2exe
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.4/dist-packages/py2exe/__init__.py", line 9, in <module>
patch_distutils()
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.4/dist-packages/py2exe/patch_distutils.py", line 68, in patch_distutils
from . import distutils_buildexe
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.4/dist-packages/py2exe/distutils_buildexe.py", line 91, in <module>
from . import runtime
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.4/dist-packages/py2exe/runtime.py", line 3, in <module>
from .dllfinder import Scanner, pydll
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.4/dist-packages/py2exe/dllfinder.py", line 5, in <module>
from . import _wapi
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.4/dist-packages/py2exe/_wapi.py", line 4, in <module>
_kernel32 = WinDLL("kernel32")
NameError: name 'WinDLL' is not defined
- setup pyinstaller for ubuntu (https://github.com/pyinstaller/pyinstaller/wiki)
- run "pyinstaller setup.py"(same as "pyinstaller -w setup.py") and got in dist folder many files with extension .so and one file "setup" without extension
What am I doing wrong?
How can I get .exe file under Ubuntu?
Is it possible?
PS: I've read Python executables: py2exe or PyInstaller? by I didn't find answer.
You cannot use py2exe on Ubuntu or Linux in general. You cannot use it on Mac either. It is a Windows-only utility! You have to use it within Windows, whether that be in a Windows virtual machine or an actual Windows machine.
As for PyInstaller, please read the docs:
Can I use PyInstaller as a cross-compiler?
Can I package Windows binaries while running under Linux?
No, this is not supported. Please use Wine for this, PyInstaller runs fine in Wine. You may also want to have a look at this thread in the mailinglist. In version 1.4 we had build in some support for this, but it showed to work only half. It would require some Windows system on another partition and would only work for pure Python programs. As soon as you want a decent GUI (gtk, qt, wx), you would need to install Windows libraries anyhow. So it's much easier to just use Wine. - source
Related
I'm trying use py2exe to compile an eye tracking experiment written in Python 2.7 (32-bit). The experiment uses the psychopy library. I wrote the experiment using the PyCharm IDE, and the experiment runs when I run it through the PyCharm IDE, using an interpreter in a virtual environment located at C:\Users\phil\Python_2.7_32-bit.
The experiment compiles without generating any errors when I enter the following command into the command prompt: C:\Users\phil\Python_2.7_32-bit\Scripts\python.exe C:\Users\phil\PycharmProjects\iTRAC\VisSearch\setup.py py2exe.
When I run the executable generated by the above py2exe command, I get this error:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "VisualSearch.py", line 3, in <module>
File "psychopy\__init__.pyc", line 39, in <module>
File "psychopy\preferences\__init__.pyc", line 5, in <module>
File "psychopy\preferences\preferences.pyc", line 172, in <module>
File "psychopy\preferences\preferences.pyc", line 33, in __init__
File "psychopy\preferences\preferences.pyc", line 98, in loadAll
File "psychopy\preferences\preferences.pyc", line 146, in loadAppData
File "psychopy\preferences\configobj.pyc", line 583, in __getitem__
KeyError: 'builder'
My setup.py script is as follows:
from distutils.core import setup
import py2exe
setup(windows =['C:\Users\phil\PycharmProjects\iTRAC\VisSearch\VisualSearch.py'])
I've also tried using the following setup.py script with the same results:
from distutils.core import setup
import py2exe
setup(windows = [{'script':'C:\Users\phil\PycharmProjects\iTRAC\VisSearch\VisualSearch.py',
'options' : {'py2exe':{'includes':['psychopy'],
'compressed': True,
'bundle_files': 1,}}}])
I googled the error and came up with 0 results.
Can anybody tell me why I am running into this error?
This is probably a missing config/prefs file. PsychoPy uses the configobj library to read and validate preferences but my guess is that py2exe is only automatically packaging py/pyc files and needs to include the .spec files in the psychopy/preferences folder.
My Python 2.7 application uses matplotlib, enthought (mayavi, traits), wxpython libraries. I need to package it into an executable on Windows, which, after some research and experimenting seems like a not straightforward task.
I have so far experimented with PyInstaller and bbfreeze. In both of them I specify hidden imports/includes (which I could gather fromrandom information on the web) to import the Enthought packeges. Both manage to create an executable (for bbfreeze I excluded the matplotlib part of my application so far), but when I run it, both return the same error:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<string>", line 6, in <module>
File "__main__.py", line 128, in <module>
File "__main__test__.py", line 23, in <module>
File "traitsui/api.py", line 36, in <module>
File "traitsui/editors/__init__.py", line 23, in <module>
File "traitsui/editors/api.py", line 49, in <module>
File "traitsui/editors/table_editor.py", line 37, in <module>
File "traitsui/table_filter.py", line 35, in <module>
File "traitsui/menu.py", line 128, in <module>
File "pyface/toolkit.py", line 98, in __init__
NotImplementedError: the wx pyface backend doesn't implement MenuManager
Any ideas what should I do? Alternatively has anyone had experience with creating such an executable and can recommend a tool or method ? So far I have seen only this tutorial but it uses py2exe and apparently requires downloading the whole ETS - if nothing else gonna give it a try...
Here is the solution which worked for me.
I have tried to use bbfreeze, PyInstaller , py2exe and cx_Freeze. In the end I decided to go with cx_Freeze as it is apparently popular with people who are packaging the applications with enthought classes.
With cx_Freeze I got the similar error message as above. The problem is that it saves the necessary modules in "library.zip" file, which is something that enthought classes including mayavi have problem with. Fortunately cx_Freeze allows specifying "create_shared_zip": False option, which then makes it so that source files are directly copied into the build directory as they are, instead of in a zip file.
Additionally, I have found that some Enthought files and folders have to be manually included in include_files (same goes for scipy, source: here). After this it worked. I add my setup file code below, hope it helps.
import sys
import os
from cx_Freeze import setup, Executable
import scipy
scipy_path = os.path.dirname(scipy.__file__) #use this if you are also using scipy in your application
build_exe_options = {"packages": ["pyface.ui.wx", "tvtk.vtk_module", "tvtk.pyface.ui.wx", "matplotlib.backends.backend_tkagg"],
"excludes": ['numarray', 'IPython'],
"include_files": [("C:\\Python27\\Lib\\site-packages\\tvtk\\pyface\\images\\", "tvtk\\pyface\\images"),
("C:\\Python27\\Lib\\site-packages\\pyface\\images\\", "pyface\\images"),
("C:\\Python27\\Lib\\site-packages\\tvtk\\plugins\\scene\\preferences.ini", "tvtk\\plugins\\scene\\preferences.ini"),
("C:\\Python27\\Lib\\site-packages\\tvtk\\tvtk_classes.zip", "tvtk\\tvtk_classes.zip"),
("C:\\Python27\\Lib\\site-packages\\mayavi\\core\\lut\\pylab_luts.pkl","mayavi\\core\\lut\\pylab_luts.pkl"),
("C:\\Python27\\Lib\\site-packages\\mayavi\\preferences\\preferences.ini","mayavi\\preferences\\preferences.ini"),
("C:\\Python27\\Lib\\site-packages\\numpy\\core\\libifcoremd.dll","numpy\\core\\libifcoremd.dll"),
("C:\\Python27\\Lib\\site-packages\\numpy\\core\\libmmd.dll","numpy\\core\\libmmd.dll"),
(str(scipy_path), "scipy") #for scipy
]
,"create_shared_zip": False #to avoid creating library.zip
}
executables = [
Executable('myfile.py', targetName="myfile.exe", base=None)
]
setup(name='myfile',
version='1.0',
description='myfile',
options = {"build_exe": build_exe_options},
executables=executables
)
Configuration:
python 2.7
altgraph==0.9
apptools==4.3.0
bbfreeze==1.1.3
bbfreeze-loader==1.1.0
configobj==5.0.6
cx-Freeze==4.3.3
Cython==0.23.4
matplotlib==1.4.3
mayavi==4.4.3
MySQL-python==1.2.5
natgrid==0.2.1
numpy==1.10.0b1
opencv-python==2.4.12
pandas==0.16.2
pefile==1.2.10.post114
Pillow==3.1.1
plyfile==0.4
psutil==4.1.0
pyface==5.0.0
Pygments==2.0.2
pygobject==2.28.6
pygtk==2.22.0
PyInstaller==3.1
pyparsing==2.0.3
pypiwin32==219
PySide==1.2.2
python-dateutil==2.4.2
pytz==2015.4
scipy==0.16.0
six==1.9.0
subprocess32==3.2.7
traits==4.5.0
traitsui==5.0.0
transforms3d==0.2.1
VTK==6.2.0
Past day has basically been a continuous frustration. I'm trying to create my first pyQt5 application and freeze it to OSX app. Here short chronology of my efforts so far:
Noticed that PyQt5 install is only for Python3. Installed Python3 and pyQt via Homebrew.
Developed application. Everything works when launched from PyCharm.
Installed cx_freeze from source to Python3 since Pycharm's pip installer failed in task.
Trying to freeze the application with cx_freeze only to get syntax error. Resolved it with following advice applied to pyQt5: SyntaxError when using cx_freeze on PyQt app
Checked tutorial for cx_freeze: http://www.pythonschool.net/cxfreeze_mac/ and created a setup.py by the example:
application_title = "simple_PyQt4" #what you want to application to be called
main_python_file = "main.py" #the name of the python file you use to run the program
import sys
from cx_Freeze import setup, Executable
base = None
if sys.platform == "win32":
base = "Win32GUI"
includes = ["atexit","re"]
setup(
name = application_title,
version = "0.1",
description = "Sample cx_Freeze PyQt4 script",
options = {"build_exe" : {"includes" : includes }},
executables = [Executable(main_python_file, base = base)])
Run the cx_freeze with "bdist_mac" parameter. This time .app file was generated. However, it doesn't launch. Can't see any errors or information anywhere. Just doesn't launch at all when clicked.
At this point I'm getting really tired of all of this so please help. If you can, please help me either:
1. Install PyQt5 to Python2.7 with Homebrew (tried, couldn't figure it out) so that I can use packaking tools compatible with Python2.
2. Get the freezing process to work properly. If possible give detailed explanations, I'm new to these tools.
I'm also interested in hearing how people are supposed to deploy standalone applications with pyQt5 since the process seems anything other than straightforward.
EDIT: I ran the result "main" in folder as suggested by ThomasK. I got following error but have no idea what it means:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/local/Cellar/python3/3.3.4/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.3/lib/python3.3/site-packages/cx_Freeze-4.3.2-py3.3-macosx-10.9-x86_64.egg/cx_Freeze/initscripts/Console3.py", line 27, in <module>
exec(code, m.__dict__)
File "main.py", line 8, in <module>
File "/usr/local/Cellar/python3/3.3.4/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.3/lib/python3.3/importlib/_bootstrap.py", line 1565, in _find_and_load
return _find_and_load_unlocked(name, import_)
File "/usr/local/Cellar/python3/3.3.4/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.3/lib/python3.3/importlib/_bootstrap.py", line 1512, in _find_and_load_unlocked
_call_with_frames_removed(import_, parent)
File "/usr/local/Cellar/python3/3.3.4/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.3/lib/python3.3/importlib/_bootstrap.py", line 313, in _call_with_frames_removed
return f(*args, **kwds)
File "/usr/local/Cellar/python3/3.3.4/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.3/lib/python3.3/importlib/_bootstrap.py", line 1565, in _find_and_load
return _find_and_load_unlocked(name, import_)
File "/usr/local/Cellar/python3/3.3.4/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.3/lib/python3.3/importlib/_bootstrap.py", line 1529, in _find_and_load_unlocked
raise exc
ImportError: No module named 'ui'
On main.py I have this import on line 8:
from ui.main import Ui_MainWindow
I have all the .ui files and their .py counterparts at folder named "ui" in my project directory.
EDIT: Output of the freezing process: http://pastebin.com/RR9pNGfR
EDIT: And my project schema: http://pastebin.com/HmsdNXEb
I don't know how far the original poster ever got in solving their problem, and the pastebins referenced are long since deleted so there's not a lot of supplementary material, but the latest version of those cx_freeze instructions at pythonschool, updated on 2014-08-27 (after this question), says:
Unfortunately the current version of cx_Freeze on Mac OS X does not play particularly nicely with Python versions that have been installed from Python.org or PyQt if you have installed it previously using our instructions. Therefore, to ensure that cx_Freeze installs successfully you will need to install Python and PyQt using a package manager called MacPorts.
So, that may have been the problem all along. Installing Python3 and PyQt "via Homebrew" sounds like it may have also resulted in a problematic configuration.
My script is working fine if I run it as Python from the command line.
I have converted the script to an .exe and am facing an issue with xlswrite. Below is the error output:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\cx_Freeze\initscripts\Console.py", line 27, in <module>
exec code in m.__dict__
File "loader.py", line 5, in <module>
ImportError: No module named xlsxwriter
I have used this video to create the .exe for my Python script.
How should I fix the import error?
I have only used cx_freeze a few times and was successful using these steps. You were possibly missing something in this. First, create a setup.py like so:
from cx_Freeze import setup, Executable
import sys
exe = Executable(
script="yourmodule.py",
base="Win32GUI",
)
setup(
name = "desiredname",
version = "1",
description = "example program",
executables = [exe]
)
Before running this, make sure that you have all non-default (built-in) modules and the setup.py file in the same folder as the yourmodule.py file. Then from the command line, run python setup.py build.
My script that I'm trying to create into an executable contains the following imports:
import csv, time, BeautifulSoup, sys, mechanize, os, traceback, win32com.client as win32
My setup.py looks like this:
from distutils.core import setup
import py2exe, sys, os
sys.argv.append('py2exe')
setup(
options = {'py2exe': {'bundle_files': 1}},
console = [{'script': "tool.py"}],
zipfile = None,
)
The .exe of my program is created successfully, however when I try to run it I receive the following errors:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "tool.py", line 1, in <module>
File "zipextimporter.pyc", line 82, in load_module
File "win32com\__init__.pyc", line 5, in <module>
File "zipextimporter.pyc", line 98, in load_module
ImportError: MemoryLoadLibrary failed loading win32api.pyd
Surprisingly, it compiles into an .exe fine if I use bundle_files: = 3 however I need this program to be in one executable, not multiple files. I've read this from the py2exe website but I'm not sure if that's what I need to do/use. If that is the answer I'm looking for, I don't know how to use that or what to do with it. Please explain.
Any help is greatly appreciated!
This was solved by upgrading to Python 2.7. I originally had Python 2.6 installed but the update solved this issue.