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I want to make a small .exe file that will work in any PCs , is it possible to make and if yes then what is the procedure ?
Check this: https://github.com/brentvollebregt/auto-py-to-exe
It's an open source project called auto-py-to-exe. It's a GUI with PyInstaller internally, making more confortable alternative. It can also output a standalone file in contrast to other solutions.
Since you wrote a terrible question, I will write a terrible answer:
Yes, you can make .exe files in python. You need a package called "psutil" which can convert your .py files into .exe files AND convert them into executables for other operating systems as well. A .exe file only works on Windows, so some PC running a Linux Distro won't be able to run it.
Edit: pyinstaller is also useful when you want to just make a .exe
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Just finished making my first python game based on the space invaders game. Now I don't know exactly how to share it with my friends. I know that I should use py2app, but I haven't found good online instructions on how to do so.
This is how the project file looks like:
I'd appreciate it if someone could help me out.
pip install pyinstaller - this module can generate executables of python scripts.
Then simply run: pyinstaller main.py or whatever the main file is named and it will generate an executable including all needed modules (you can find the
generated package in new created dist folder).
You can try using Py2exe, which, as the name suggests, compiles Python programs to an executable format.
Edit: Just noticed you were using MacOS, here is a Py2app tutorial instead.
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Some programming languages provide capability t create a self contained packages that can run on any machine.
For example, dotnet core can self-contained apps per below:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/core/deploying/#publish-self-contained
The C# self-contained apps can be single large file, or a directory of all files required to run the application. The package can target Linux, mac or Windows.
In Python, what is the closest feature to self-contained app packages described above?
PyInstaller seems to be the current go to, and it works well in my experience. However, some people have reported that it has very large file sizes, but I've personally never found that to be a major issue.
If you use that, you would also probably need some kind of UI, but that's a separate issue in itself.
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I have a python script that relies on over 400 .txt files (with HUGE dictionaries, so much so it needs to choose each one by itself and only load one at a time). How could I make an exe file from the python script that will come with the .txt files? I've looked at both pyInstaller and py2exe but nothing I see I understand/works for me?
Thank you in advance
EDIT: The text files have sensitive data in them, would it be possible for them to be only accessible by the python script itself?
You could also use the cx_freeze module to accomplish this. Similar to Moe's suggestion it also takes a --onefile flag I believe.
Here is a link to another stack question that is similar. The answer in there not only shows how to construct the setup.py file for cx but also error handling when it inevitably misses some dependencies.
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Here is a link to an article about securing your data. I don't think that you can do it in any straight forward way so here are some suggestions.
first you could store your data in a non usual format. Such as bytes.
second there are programs to obfuscate the data. The link provided above discusses some.
Third you could host the data online and use some sort of encrypted key pair connection to securely acquire necessary data.
You can create the .exe file with pyInstaller or py2exe then use any installer like Inno Setup to package the created .exe file with the .txt files into a single installer package.
If you are using pyInstaller, you can use --onefile to make a single executable file for the code to use it for the above example.
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I want to understand the difference between distributing a python application. The application should be used on both Windows and Mac OS platforms. I see there are two ways of doing it.
Either create a executable using py2exe / py2app etc
Distribute the application using pip.
I would like to understand the use-cases for both the solutions.
A few things. As Sam Chats mentioned, one possible use case for creating the executable is if you don't want to share your source code, while if you distribute the application using pip, you will be able to. Additionally, if you distribute using pip vs. creating an application, more users may be able to easily access your application. As an example, check out this StackOverflow answer as a reason for using pip over Anaconda
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I have implemented a new algorithm in python, using sources which use the numpy, scipy libraries and deal with file I/O. I now need to build a Windows GUI app (python might not be installed in any form on a Windows OS) which will implement my existing python source, and take inputs such as file names and some other parameters. Please suggest some possible methods to make this happen.
You may create a GUI for your app, using different options like as below:
wxPython
TkInter
PyQt
This question may help you too.
Regarding creating the final executable you have some options like as below:
py2exe
GUI2EXE
cx_freeze
PyInstaller
There are other issues regarding the creation of an executable discussed here on the SO you may refer to them here if you are interested.