I'm currently trying to use py2exe to compile a large project into a Windows executable for easy redistribution. Before tackling this large project, I wanted to make some first steps. This is my test.py script
print("Hello World!")
and this is my setup.py
from distutils.core import setup
import py2exe
setup(console=['test.py'])
just as described in the py2exe Tutorial.
Now I enter in the command prompt (cmd.exe)
> python setup.py py2exe
running py2exe
and that's it. It now hangs at running py2exe (This is the expected output). When I try to Ctrl-C out of it, I enter an infinite loop of
Traceback (most recent last call):
File "_ctypes/callbacks.c", line 234, in 'calling callback function'
File "C:\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\py2exe\dllfinder.py", line 92, in status_routine
@_wapi.PIMAGEHELP_STATUS_ROUTINE
KeyboardInterrupt
where repeated Ctrl-C duplicates this error message. I have to kill the python.exe process in taskmgr to quit.
My setup is
- Windows 7 Professional N 64-bit (Build 7601; Service Pack 1)
- Anaconda Windows 64-bit Python
- PyPI
py2exe0.9.2.0 (installed withpip install -i https://pypi.anaconda.org/pypi/simple py2exe)
This is my first time developing software on Windows, so I have no idea how to debug or otherwise troubleshoot things.
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