I have a Python script that I'd like to compile into a Windows executable. Now, py2exe
works fine from Windows, but I'd like to be able to run this from Linux. I do have Windows on my development machine, but Linux is my primary dev platform and I'm getting kind of sick of rebooting into Windows just to create the .exe
. Nor do I want to have to buy a second Windows license to run in a virtual machine such as VirtualBox. Any ideas?
PS: I am aware that py2exe
doesn't exactly compile the python file as much as package your script with the Python interpreter. But either way, the result is that you don't need Python installed to run the script.
Using pyinstaller you can convert the python file to exe. Type pyinstaller <python-file-name>, this will convert the . py to .exe file with console. Add –no-console keyword after pyinstaller to convert python file to executable without command prompt.
py file to .exe. Another way to convert . py files to .exe is by using cx_freeze. Cx_freeze is used to create executable files from python scripts and it is cross-platform.
As mentioned by other answerers, the cross-compilation feature is removed from PyInstaller since 1.5
. Here, show how to package a Windows executable from Python scripts using PyInstaller under wine.
sudo apt-get install wine wine msiexec /i python-2.7.10.msi /L*v log.txt
PS:
Newer Python versions already include pip
(is used to install pyinstaller
). Download Python installation package from here (e.g., python-2.7.10.msi
)
For macos users, use brew cask install xquartz wine-stable
.
$ cd ~/.wine/drive_c/Python27 $ wine python.exe Scripts/pip.exe install pyinstaller Successfully installed pyinstaller-3.1.1 pypiwin32-219
Package Python scripts (e.g., HelloWorld.py
) with pyinstaller
.
$ wine ~/.wine/drive_c/Python27/Scripts/pyinstaller.exe --onefile HelloWorld.py # filename: HelloWorld.py #!/usr/bin/env python # -*- coding: utf-8 -*- print('Hello World!')
The Windows executable file is located in dist/
.
$ wine dist/HelloWorld.exe Hello World! fixme:msvcrt:__clean_type_info_names_internal (0x1e24e5b8) stub
Refer to here for the detailed description.
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