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How to convert a python project into an executable file with all additional scripts?

I know there have been a bunch of questions already asked regarding this but none of them really helped me. Let me explain the whole project scenario so that I provide a better clarity to my problem. The directory structure is somewhat like this shown below:
Project Directory Layout
I need to convert this whole GUI based project (The main file is using Tkinter module to create GUI) into main.exe which I can share with others while making sure that all the additional files work exactly the same way it is working now when I run this main.py via Command Prompt. When I use this command with pyinstaller -
"pyinstaller --onefile --noconsole main.py"
It creates main.exe which shows "Failed to execute script" on running. Please provide me a detailed explanation on what should I do to achieve what I have stated above. Thank you in advance.

pyinstaller uses a few dirty tricks to compress a bunch of files into one
I recommend using cx_Freeze instead along with inno setup installer maker
do pip install cx_Freeze to install that and go here for inno setup
then copy the following into a file named setup.py in the same folder as your project
from cx_Freeze import setup, Executable
setup(name = "YOUR APP NAME" ,
version = "1.0.0" ,
description = "DESCRIPTION" ,
executables = [Executable("PYTHON FILE", base = "Win32GUI")]
)
lastly run python setup.py build
if you want as onefile download this file here
just edit the file a bit and use inno compiler to make into installer

Suppose our project has the following structure.
MyApp
|-models
| |-login.kv
|-data
| |-words.json
| |-audio.tar.gz
|-fonts
| |-FredokaOne.ttf
|-images
| |-gb.pngsound.png
| |-icon.ico
|-main.py
|-main.kv
|-draw.py
|-image.py
and depends on the following packages:
- kivy
- kivymd
- ffpyplayer
- gtts
First things first is to install cx_Freeze.
pip install cx_Freeze
Copy the following into a file named setup.py in the same folder as your project.
# https://cx-freeze.readthedocs.io/en/latest/distutils.html
import sys
from cx_Freeze import setup, Executable
includes = []
# Include your files and folders
includefiles = ['models/','data/','fonts/','images/','main.kv','draw.py','image.py']
# Exclude unnecessary packages
excludes = ['cx_Freeze','pydoc_data','setuptools','distutils','tkinter']
# Dependencies are automatically detected, but some modules need help.
packages = ['kivy','kivymd', 'ffpyplayer','gtts']
base = None
shortcutName = None
shortcutDir = None
if sys.platform == "win32":
base = "Win32GUI"
shortcutName='My App'
shortcutDir="DesktopFolder"
setup(
name = 'MyApp',
version = '0.1',
description = 'Sample python app',
author = 'your name',
author_email = '',
options = {'build_exe': {
'includes': includes,
'excludes': excludes,
'packages': packages,
'include_files': includefiles}
},
executables = [Executable('main.py',
base = base, # "Console", base, # None
icon='images/icon.ico',
shortcutName = shortcutName,
shortcutDir = shortcutDir)]
)
Lastly run.
python setup.py build
This command will create a subdirectory called build with a further subdirectory starting with the letters exe. and ending with the typical identifier for the platform that distutils uses. This allows for multiple platforms to be built without conflicts.
On Windows, you can build a simple installer containing all the files cx_Freeze includes for your application, by running the setup script as:
python setup.py bdist_msi
Cx_freeze references
Doc
Git Hub

How to create setup.py with library file as stand alone

I have a problem, i develop an application with python and i use some libraries like flask, sqlalchemy, etc...
The problem is that i have a define version of each library, and I want to deploy this python application in another computer without internet,
can I create a package or use setup.py and include the other package with path ?
I've already try this code, but the library aren't imported they said that :
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'cx_Oracle'
My code is:
from distutils.core import setup
setup(
# Application name:
name="MyApplication",
# Version number (initial):
version="0.1.0",
# Packages
packages=["App","App/service"],
include_package_data=True,
install_requires=[
"flask","cx_Oracle","pandas","sqlalchemy"
],
)

install_requires is a setuptools setup.py keyword that should be used to specify what a project minimally needs to run correctly.
It won’t install those libraries.
Maybe you should try pyinstaller (https://www.pyinstaller.org) to make ready runnable file to run on the other computer.

How to create .exe for .py file created in selenium web driver?

So far I have used Py2exe but not sure how to add selenium web driver dependencies related to firefox and other import package I used in my script.
I also explored Pyinstaller but it failed on adding dependencies.
I am doing it for the first time so please suggest how to do it properly.
Thank You

You can use py2exe to pack your python script as a standalone executable.
By default py2exe packs all imported packages. If you want to pack browser also, you might have to use portable browser.
You can add portable browser as data to your py2exe package and specify the realative path while initializing webdriver.
You can specify firefox binary executable using executable_path argument in below class.
webdriver.Firefox(self, firefox_profile=None,firefox_binary=None, timeout=30, capabilities=None, proxy=None, executable_path=geckodriver, firefox_options=None, log_path=geckodriver.log)
** I dont have option to add comment , so writing as answer.

You need to specify the location of selenium webdriver in setup.py file.
Following code should help:
from distutils.core import setup
import py2exe
# Change the path in the following line for webdriver.xpi
data_files = [('selenium/webdriver/firefox', ['C:/Python27/Lib/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/firefox/webdriver.xpi'])]
setup(
name='Name of app',
version='1.0',
description='Description of app',
author='author name',
author_email='author email',
url='',
windows=[{'script': 'test.py'}], # the main py file
data_files=data_files,
options={
'py2exe':
{
'skip_archive': True,
'optimize': 2,
}
}
)

You may want to try CX_Freeze,it adds all necessary packages/dependencies required for your code to run as a single .exe
pip install cx_Freeze

You can use pyinstaller or cx_freeze to create executable files of python scripts/applications.
Command of pyinstaller:
pyinstaller.exe --onefile --windowed <python file name>

Python py2exe Problems?

I coded a python application with a GUI in Tkinter with pictures. Now that I have finished, I am trying to convert it to a .exe with py2exe. All my pictures are in the same folder as my python file and setup file, but when I try to convert my python file via the Command Prompt, I get error messages saying that my .ico file is not defined and that it can not copy it. I think the problem is due to my setup.py file. How do I allow my images to be copied into the new .exe executable file without getting errors I have never used py2exe before.
Setup file:
from distutils.core import setup
import py2exe
setup(console=['Gui.py'])
Error:
How do I fix this?

You may have just forgotten to define your icon:
cfg = {
'py2exe.icon':'icon.ico',
...
}

Try to change your setup.py like this:
from distutils.core import setup
import py2exe
data_files = [('', [r'standardicon.ico'])]
setup(
windows =['Gui.py'],
data_files = data_files
)

Bundle sqldrivers into .exe using py2exe

In my first attempts, my pyQt application bundled with py2exe refused to connect to the sqlite database although it was working in its python version.
I guessed that it was a problem of libraries not loaded into the .exe application. I solved that problem by including the full path to the sqlite DLL into the setup.py file and thus copying this DLL to the executable folder.
Now I would like to include this DLL into the .exe file in order to "hide" this DLL to my users. Do you have a clue how to do that ?
my current setup.py:
from distutils.core import setup
import py2exe
setup(
windows=[{
"script": 'myscript.py'
}],
options={
'py2exe': {
"dll_excludes": [
"MSVCP90.dll",
"MSWSOCK.dll",
"mswsock.dll",
"powrprof.dll",
],
'includes': [
'sip',
'PyQt4.QtNetwork',
],
'bundle_files': 1,
}
},
data_files = [
'config.ini',
'template.htm',
# This is the File that I wish to be "hidden"
('sqldrivers', ('C:\Python27\Lib\site-packages\PyQt4\plugins\sqldrivers\qsqlite4.dll',)),
zipfile=None,
)

I ran into the same problem and you are half way to solving the issue. The first part of the problem is as you identified, getting the file into the EXE. I can't speak to the correctness of your py2exe solution as I am using pyinstaller, but that is the general idea. You need to get the qsqlite4.dll into a sqldrivers directory within your single file app.
The second part is that your main .py needs to have the path added to its running directory which will now contain that sqldrivers folder. What you will need to do is get the relative path to where your main .py is running and set that directory as your library path in your QT application. I use the standard resource_path() function for pyinstaller, but using something like this should work for py2exe:
def resource_path(relative_path)
if sys.frozen:
base_path = os.path.dirname(sys.executable)
else:
base_path = os.path.dirname(__file__)
return os.path.join(base_path, relative_path)
Then you can use this code in the main function of your application
app = QApplication(sys.argv)
new_lib_path = app.libraryPaths()
new_lib_path.append(resource_path(''))
app.setLibraryPaths(new_lib_path)
. . .
With logging added, here is my app.libraryPaths() before and after:
08/25/2014 01:33:24 AM CRITICAL: Before[u'C:/dev/WORKSP~1/db/dist']
08/25/2014 01:33:24 AM CRITICAL: After[u'C:/dev/WORKSP~1/db/dist', u'C:\\Users\\jeff\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\_MEI2042\\']
You could replace the '\' with '/' but I didn't bother, it still works with windows separators.