How to compile python script to binary executable

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I need to convert a Python script to a Windows executable   I have Python 2 6 installed to python26   I have created one script and kept it in C  pythonscript  Inside this folder there are two files  Setup py and oldlogs py  this file need coversion   setup py code is  from distutils core import setup import py2exe  setup console   oldlogs py      How can I convert oldlogs py to an exe file

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Or use PyInstaller as an alternative to py2exe. Here is a good starting point. PyInstaller also lets you create executables for linux and mac...

Here is how one could fairly easily use PyInstaller to solve the issue at hand:

pyinstaller oldlogs.py

From the tool's documentation:

PyInstaller analyzes myscript.py and:

Writes myscript.spec in the same folder as the script.

Creates a folder build in the same folder as the script if it does not exist.

Writes some log files and working files in the build folder.

Creates a folder dist in the same folder as the script if it does not exist.

Writes the myscript executable folder in the dist folder.

In the dist folder you find the bundled app you distribute to your users.

User · Answer

I recommend PyInstaller  a simple python script can be converted to an exe with the following commands   utils Makespec py  --onefile  oldlogs py   which creates a yourprogram spec file which is a configuration for building the final exe  Next command builds the exe from the configuration file   utils Build py oldlogs spec   More can be found here

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- - mode  python - -  block cipher   None  a   Analysis   SCRIPT py                 pathex                     folder path                     C   Windows  WinSxS  x86 microsoft-windows-m  namespace-downlevel 31bf3856ad364e35 10 0 17134 1 none 50c6cb8431e7428f                     C   Windows  WinSxS  x86 microsoft-windows-m  namespace-downlevel 31bf3856ad364e35 10 0 17134 1 none c4f50889467f081d                               binaries     C   Users  chromedriver exe                   datas                  hiddenimports                  hookspath                  runtime hooks                  excludes                  win no prefer redirects False               win private assemblies False               cipher block cipher  pyz   PYZ a pure  a zipped data               cipher block cipher  exe   EXE pyz            a scripts            a binaries            a zipfiles            a datas            name  NAME OF YOUR EXE             debug False            strip False            upx True            runtime tmpdir None            console True

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Since other SO answers link to this question it s worth noting that there is another option now in PyOxidizer  It s a rust utility which works in some of the same ways as pyinstaller  however has some additional features detailed here  to summarize the key ones   Single binary of all packages by default with the ability to do a zero-copy load of modules into memory  vs pyinstaller extracting them to a temporary directory when using onefile mode Ability to produce a static linked binary   One other advantage of pyoxidizer is that it does not seem to suffer from the GLIBC X XX not found problem that can crop up with pyinstaller if you ve created your binary on a system that has a glibc version newer than the target system   Overall pyinstaller is much simpler to use than PyOxidizer  which often requires some complexity in the configuration file  and it s less Pythony since it s written in Rust and uses a configuration file format not very familiar in the Python world  but PyOxidizer does some more advanced stuff  especially if you are looking to produce single binaries  which is not pyinstaller s default

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