- 1). Open the IDLE text editor that comes with the Python download. The IDLE text editor is found in Program Files, in the Python directory. A blank source code file opens in the IDLE text editor window. Save the file as setup.py in the same directory as the script you want to make an executable out of.
- 2). Import the setup component of distutils by writing the following line at the top of the source code file:
from distutils.core import setup - 3). Import 'py2exe' using the following statement:
import py2exe - 4). Call the setup function and pass it the name of the script you want to change into an executable. For example, if the script you want to change is called script2executable, you can write the following:
setup(console=[script2executable.py]) - 5). Press F5 to execute the script. The script will output a lot of text to the console. When it is finished, two directories will be created in the same directory as your Python scripts. The executable .exe file will be located in the Dist directory.
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