How can I convert a py to exe for Python

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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

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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

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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  lt filename gt

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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  quot  MEIPASS quot   quot   quot    quot   quot   third  the location of example png would be location  quot  example png quot  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

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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     lt any name gt        options   options      version     lt any number gt        description     lt any description gt        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     lt first ever gt    version    0 11   description        the imported packages must be installed before you start step 8

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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

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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

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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

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

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