How can I make my Python program's executable file?

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I want it to run anywhere directly. For example, we build the c or c++ program and it generates a .exe file. Now we can take that .exe file and run it on any windows machine right?

The main problem I am facing is: I have different packages like BeautifulSoup in my program which does not come pre-installed in ubuntu. Now when I run my program on my machine, it runs but not on other. So is there any way I can make it directly run on any linux machine? It will be great if I can also run it on Windows too.

the simple way is to make your program look for those libraries in your current folder and if there not there, download them from somewhere (implementation with try catch) — Cristian Olaru, Jan 30 '15 at 06:38
Use Nuitika ( http://nuitka.net/pages/overview.html ). Compile Python program to C++. Compile C++ to executable like you do with any other C++ program. — sarveshseri, Jan 30 '15 at 06:41
VirtualEnv. http://docs.python-guide.org/en/latest/dev/virtualenvs/ — Mikkel Løkke, Jan 30 '15 at 06:42
also there is this https://github.com/pyinstaller/pyinstaller I didn't use it so read the wiki — Cristian Olaru, Jan 30 '15 at 06:42
I have never used it but please check if http://www.py2exe.org/ would help you. — Ajit Vaze, Jan 30 '15 at 07:08

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 30 '15 at 07:24

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The current recommendations for packaging Python programs to run on machines that already have Python installed can be found here.

To run a Python program on a system that may or may not have Python installed, look into pyinstaller, py2exe or cx_Freeze.

answered Jan 30 '15 at 07:24

Chinmay Kanchi

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How can I make my Python program's executable file?

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