Installing cx_Freeze

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I ran into the problem when I need to convert multiple .py files (and not only) to one .exe file to share it with friends. I tried using py2exe, pyInstaller, ect. My last try was using cx_Freeze, since it the latest program that support Python3.7. But now I can't install it with pip, I ran into that problem: pip install cx_Freeze

Command "C:\Users\krawz\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37-32\python.exe -u -c "import setuptools, tokenize;__file__='C:\\Users\\krawz\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\pip-install-j4h9docf\\cx-Freeze\\setup.py';f=getattr(tokenize, 'open', open)(__file__);code=f.read().replace('\r\n', '\n');f.close();exec(compile(code, __file__, 'exec'))" install --record C:\Users\krawz\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-record-3_cvdrfd\install-record.txt --single-version-externally-managed --compile" failed with error code 1 in C:\Users\krawz\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-j4h9docf\cx-Freeze\

So, I googled a bit and I found the way to solve it using wheel, but it also didn't work: install pip install cx_Freeze-5.1.1-cp37-cp37m-win_amd64.whl

cx_Freeze-5.1.1-cp37-cp37m-win_amd64.whl is not a supported wheel on this platform.

May be I'm doing something wrong or it is an easier way to compile multiple .py files into one .exe?

Never use python 3.7 for such tasks. https://stackoverflow.com/a/51848043/8321664 — Nouman, Aug 30 '18 at 09:09

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited Mar 19 '19 at 13:02

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Use Pyinstaller or Py2exe.

pip install Pyinstall`

or

pip install Py2exe

It also works in python 3.7.

However, cx_Freeze doesn't work in 3.7, though you can use cx_Freeze in Python 2x and maybe 3.4.

edited Mar 19 '19 at 13:02

Panagiotis Kanavos

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answered Mar 17 '19 at 17:16

Md Das

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Based on my own experience and this [stackoverflow answer](https://stackoverflow.com/a/42310168/4739755) to a related question, Py2exe _also_ does not work on 3.7. – b_c May 23 '19 at 19:24

Installing cx_Freeze

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