How do I convert a Python program to a runnable .exe Windows program? [duplicate]

Answer 1

For this you have two choices:

• A downgrade to python 2.6. This is generally undesirable because it is backtracking and may nullify a small portion of your scripts
• Your second option is to use some form of exe converter. I recommend pyinstaller as it seems to have the best results.

Answer 2

There is another way to convert Python scripts to .exe files. You can compile Python programs into C++ programs, which can be natively compiled just like any other C++ program.

Answer 3

Understand that every 'freezing' application for Python will not really secure your code in any way. Every packaging system for a stand-alone executable Python 'program' will include a lot of the Python libraries and interpreter, which will make your program pretty large.

That said, PyInstaller has done a nearly flawless job with everything I've thrown at it. Currently it only supports up to Python 2.7 but Pyinstaller's support for a varied set of libraries large and small is unmatched in other 'freeze' type programs for Python.

Answer 4

some people talk very well about PyInstaller

http://www.pyinstaller.org/

Answer 5

If it is a simple py script refer here

Else for GUI :

$ pip3 install cx_Freeze

1) Create a setup.py file and put in the same directory as of the .py file you want to convert.

2)Copy paste the following lines in the setup.py and do change the "filename.py" into the filename you specified.

from cx_Freeze import setup, Executable
setup(
    name="GUI PROGRAM",
    version="0.1",
    description="MyEXE",
    executables=[Executable("filename.py", base="Win32GUI")],
    )

3) Run the setup.py "$python setup.py build"

4)A new directory will be there there called "build". Inside it you will get your .exe file to be ready to launced directly. (Make sure you copy paste the images files and other external files into the build directory)

Answer 6

I've used cx-freeze with good results in Python 3.2