Single Executable File from Python script

[Python Hacker]

Hi guys,

I'm trying to create single executable file in Windows using Cython.

I done the following steps:

python C:\Python27\Scripts\cython.py --embed Fibonacci.py
gcc Fibonacci.c -o Fibonacci.exe -IC:\Python27\include -LC:
\Python27\libs -lpython27

Ok, my Fibonacci.exe has 84 KB size. But it isn't standalone
application! How can I get it?

Thans for your reply.

[Robert Bradshaw]

You can try passing the --static flag to gcc to link everything in
together, but you also have to worry about linking and shipping the
entire standard library (or at least everything you use). It might be
easier to ship an executable that simply contains a full python
install to run against (not that I have any experience doing this
either).

- Robert

[Chris Barker]

On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 12:32 AM, Robert Bradshaw <robe...@gmail.com> wrote:

>> I'm trying to create single executable file in Windows using Cython.

>> Ok, my Fibonacci.exe has 84 KB size. But it isn't standalone
>> application! How can I get it?

> You can try passing the --static flag to gcc to link everything in
> together, but you also have to worry about linking and shipping the
> entire standard library (or at least everything you use).

For something simple (like I assume Fibonacci.pyx is...) this may be
reasonable, but any "real" python program is going to require a lot if
stuff.

> It might be
> easier to ship an executable that simply contains a full python
> install to run against

That would be what py2ex, pyInstaller, py2App, bbfreeze, etc.. essentially do.

You could either:
simply use one of those, and use a python script as your front-end

or

use one of those to build a bundle of stuff you need, and hack it to
put your exe at the "front" -- bbfreee may the easiest for this
approach (it can provide a "frozen" interpreter), but I doubt there is
a point.

-Chris



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[Python Hacker]

Thanks for your reply.

What's about cython_freeze?
http://hg.cython.org/cython-devel/file/b816b03ff502/Demos/freeze/README.txt#l1

How can I use it on Linux and Windows machine?