How do I use cx freeze

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I ve created my setup py file as instructed but I don t actually   understand what to do next  Typing  python setup py build  into the command line just gets a syntax error   So  what do I do   setup py   from cx Freeze import setup  Executable  setup      name    On Dijkstra s Algorithm       version    3 1       description    A Dijkstra s Algorithm help tool        exectuables    Executable script    Main py   base    Win32GUI

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I m really not sure what you re doing to get that error  it looks like you re trying to run cx Freeze on its own  without arguments   So here is a short step-by-step guide on how to do it in windows  Your screenshot looks rather like the windows command line  so I m assuming that s your platform    Write your setup py file   Your script above looks correct so it should work  assuming that your script exists  Open the command line  Start -  Run -   cmd   Go to the location of your setup py file and run python setup py build   Notes    There may be a problem with the name of your script    Main py  contains upper case letters  which might cause confusion since windows  file names are not case sensitive  but python is   My approach is to always use lower case for scripts to avoid any conflicts  Make sure that python is on your PATH  read http   docs python org using windows html 1 Make sure are are looking at the new cx Freeze documentation   Google often seems to bring up the old docs

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Add import sys as the new topline You misspelled  executables  on the last line  Remove script   on last line    The code should now look like   import sys from cx Freeze import setup  Executable  setup      name    On Dijkstra s Algorithm       version    3 1       description    A Dijkstra s Algorithm help tool        executables    Executable  Main py   base    Win32GUI       Use the command prompt  cmd  to run python setup py build    Run this command from the folder containing setup py   Notice the build parameter we added at the end of the script call

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You can change the setup py code to this       from cx freeze import setup  Executable     setup  name    foo              version    1 1              description    Description of the app here               executables    Executable  foo py                 I am sure it will work  I have tried it on both windows 7 as well as ubuntu 12 04

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I ran into a similar issue  I solved it by setting the Executable options in a variable and then simply calling the variable  Below is a sample setup py that I use   from cx Freeze import setup  Executable import sys  productName    ProductName  if  bdist msi  in sys argv      sys argv      --initial-target-dir    C  InstallDir      productName      sys argv      --install-script    install py    exe   Executable        script  main py         base  Win32GUI         targetName  Product exe         setup        name  Product exe         version  1 0         author  Me         description  Copyright 2012         executables  exe         scripts                   install py

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find the cxfreeze script and run it  It will be in the same path as your other python helper scripts  such as pip   cxfreeze Main py --target-dir dist  read more at  http   cx-freeze readthedocs org en latest script html script

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