{"id":3,"date":"2006-09-09T12:31:27","date_gmt":"2006-09-09T00:31:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/p-s.co.nz\/blog\/?p=3"},"modified":"2011-06-20T15:57:39","modified_gmt":"2011-06-20T03:57:39","slug":"pyinstaller-and-making-a-python-program-for-deployment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/p-s.co.nz\/wordpress\/pyinstaller-and-making-a-python-program-for-deployment\/","title":{"rendered":"PyInstaller and making a Python program for deployment"},"content":{"rendered":"

http:\/\/pyinstaller.hpcf.upr.edu\/cgi-bin\/trac.cgi <\/a><\/p>\n

PyInstaller packages Python programs into standard executables, that work on computers without Python installed. It doesn’t automatically create a subfolder <\/span>structure and put things like images etc in there. That must remain a manual step.<\/p>\n

The idea is to give someone a zipped up folder which they can unzip somewhere and it will work. They may not even have python installed, or the same version of python installed.<\/span><\/p>\n

0. ********************************************<\/p>\n

Install pyinstaller!<\/p>\n

1. *********************************************<\/p>\n

Run the following:<\/p>\n

\"C:\\Python24\\Libsite-packages\\pyinstaller_1.2\\Makespec.py\"\r\n--name=\"myVersion\"\r\n--onedir\r\n--windowed\r\n--out=\"C:\\Backup\\myVersion\\Package\"\r\n\"C:\\Backup\\myVersion\\myVersionGUI.py\"\r\n\"backup_classes_no_prompts.py\"\r\n\"my_data.py\"\r\n\"myVersion.py\"\r\n\"myVersion_add_package.py\"\r\n\"myVersion_package_details.py\"\r\n\"myVersion_packages_list.py\"<\/pre>\n
The series of scripts at the end is what is put into the executable.<\/p>\n
–windowed (Use the Windows subsystem executable, which does not open the console when the program is launched. (Windows only))<\/p>\n
(if too long, leave out a file and add it manually into myVersion.spec once made).<\/p>\n
The goal is to get:<\/p>\n
a = Analysis([os.path.join(HOMEPATH,'support_mountzlib.py'),\r\nos.path.join(HOMEPATH,'supportuseUnicode.py'),\r\n'C:\\Backup\\myVersion\\myVersionGUI.py',\r\n'C:\\Backup\\myVersion\\backup_classes_no_prompts.py',\r\n'C:\\Backup\\myVersion\\my_data.py',\r\n'C:\\Backup\\myVersion\\myVersion.py',\r\n'C:\\Backup\\myVersion\\myVersion_add_package.py',\r\n'C:\\Backup\\myVersion\\myVersion_package_details.py'],\r\npathex=['C:\\Python24\\Libsite-packages\\pyinstaller_1.2'])\r\npyz = PYZ(a.pure)\r\nexe = EXE(pyz,\r\na.scripts,\r\nexclude_binaries=1,\r\nname='buildmyVersion\/myVersion.exe',\r\ndebug=False,\r\nstrip=False,\r\nupx=False,\r\nconsole=False )\r\ncoll = COLLECT( exe,\r\na.binaries,\r\nstrip=False,\r\nupx=False,\r\nname='distmyVersion')<\/pre>\n
This can be manually edited etc.<\/p>\n
2. **********************************************<\/p>\n
NB all the syntax MUST be checked first (e.g. in DrPython).<\/p>\n
Then:
\n“C:\\Python24\\Lib\\site-packages\\pyinstaller_1.2\\Build.py” “C:\\Backup\\myVersion\\Package\\myVersion.spec”
\n3. **********************************************<\/p>\n
Then manually add the following to the “distmyVersion” folder:<\/p>\n
python_logo_only_39.xpm
\npython_logo_only_16.xpm<\/p>\n
UPDATE: version 1.3 came out in Dec 2006.  There is a great article about how to install and use it at: http:\/\/www.thescripts.com\/forum\/thread579554.html<\/a><\/p>\n
UPDATE: Pyinstaller Round 2<\/a><\/p>\n
UPDATE: Pyinstaller 1.5 with Python 2.6 (Round 3)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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