executable builder

[J A]

I am having some issues compiling an exe myself but most of that stems from the version of python I am using.  That being said, try using GUI2EXE http://code.google.com/p/gui2exe this program makes the setup file go a lot easier, also it will tie in a few different tools like py2exe which is what I have been working with, also it does include py2app (the mac version).  If you decide to go this route please pay careful attention to http://py2exe.org/index.cgi/Tutorial#Step52 if using python26, this bit of instruction could have saved me hours of banging my head on my desk.

> On Thursday, July 01, 2010 3:16 AM King wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I am trying to build python a cross platform python executable builder
> to deploy python app. I tried various tools such as py2exe,
> pyinstaller, cx_freeze but some how they are not upto the mark except
> py2exe. Unfortunately py2exe is working only on windows based systems.
> 
> The task is divide into 3 steps:
> 1. Collect all the modules(.pyo, .pyd, .dll, etc) required for your
> project.
> 2. set up temporary environment for python
> 3. run main.py using :python.exe main.py
> 
> Initially I will not be creating an executable using main.py. I would be
> using shell scripting to execute the main.py.
> 
> Q1. Which is most efficient way to fine all the modules required by
> your "main.py".
> Q2. For example, I have copied all the modules in "d:\project\lib\*.*"
> python.exe, python.dll, ms*.dll, main.py are copied to "d:
> \project".
> Before executing "python.exe main.py", I have to set up an
> environment var and point it to "d:\project\lib", so
> that python.exe can find the path for searching/loading
> modules. How do I do that?
> Q3. How do you convert your "main.py" into an executable?
> 
> Prashant