convert python app to exe by py2exe

Here I just refer the tutual from py2exe official page, that's simple and useful: http://www.py2exe.org/index.cgi/Tutorial

It contains following steps, Here I just comment it when I feel it's necessary:

1. Create/test your program

2. Create your setup script (setup.py)

The setup.py looks like:

 

from distutils.core import setup
 import py2exe

setup(console=['hello.py'])
 

Here console means the windows console application, there are also several alternatives:

 

 

# New keywords for distutils' setup function specify what to build:  
#   
#     console  
#         list of scripts to convert into console exes  
#   
#     windows  
#         list of scripts to convert into gui exes  
#   
#     service  
#         list of module names containing win32 service classes  
#   
#     com_server  
#         list of module names containing com server classes  
#   
#     ctypes_com_server  
#         list of module names containing com server classes  
#   
#     zipfile  
#         name of shared zipfile to generate, may specify a subdirectory,  
#         defaults to 'library.zip'  

 

I just use windows when I build the wxpython gui application

 

 

3. Run your setup script

 

python setup.py py2exe

4. Test your executable (Just double-click the exe file in dist directory)
5. Providing the Microsoft Visual C runtime DLL

 

For Python 2.6, the DLL you need is called MSVCR90.dll, if you haven't installed the VS2008, you should download this dll from web.

 

Reference:

FAQ: http://www.py2exe.org/index.cgi/FAQ

Working with Various Packages and Modules: http://www.py2exe.org/index.cgi/WorkingWithVariousPackagesAndModules