cx_Freeze and Python 3.3

问题

So, I have some Python 3.3 code that I need to make an .exe from on Windows. I discovered the only way to do it is using cx_Freeze. But, I haven't even got further than installation. This question describes my problem perfectly (except I run Python 3.3), and has not been answered yet:

installing/using cx_freeze

When I try to run "python setup.py build" from cmd I get:

"importerror: no module named cx_freeze"

I can't get past this step, and have searched for a solution for an hour unsuccessfully.

In case it's relevant Python is installed at C:\Python33. Both Python and cx_Freeze I installed are 64-bit versions. Version of cx_Freeze I installed was: cx_Freeze-4.3.1.win-amd64-py3.3. I tried reinstalling. When I do "import cx_Freeze" in IDLE, it doesn't show any errors.

Please also note I'm a programming beginner.

回答1:

Answer to the question is in my other answer. Make sure you read it first as this one expands on it.

Ok, so after a few more hours of pain I got my game to run as an .exe on computers of people who don't have Python installed, which was my goal! I was using Pygame to make the game if anyone needs to know.

So, here's shortly what I did after the step in the other answer I gave:

This is the setup.py I used:

from cx_Freeze import setup, Executable

includefiles = ['add_all_your_files_here, example.png, example.mp3']
includes = []
excludes = []
packages = []

setup(
    name = 'yourgame',
    version = '1.0.0',
    description = '',
    author = 'John Doe',
    author_email = 'johndoe@gmail.com',
    options = {'build_exe': {'excludes':excludes,'packages':packages,'include_files':includefiles}}, 
    executables = [Executable('yourgame.py')]
)

Note that I couldn't figure (and didn't want to bother) about how to include files from other folders, so I put them all together where the setup.py was. I tried putting the relative path, but seems like I should've put the absolute.

To notice what files were missing I had to run the exe from cmd so when it would crash I could read what was the error. This wasn't possible to do when I opened the .exe from Windows because the window would close too fast.

Other than files that my code required, it also wanted some other .py files. Namely:

re.py
sre_compile.py
sre_constants.py
sre_parse.py

I copied them from python (c:\Python33\Lib) to my game folder.

The .exe was then able to run my game without problems on my and another computer that doesn't have python installed (no font problems for example, as I heard some people have).

I've spent 9 hours in two days to figure all this out. Hope it helps other beginners.