Pack few python scripts as executable for Linux

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I have a directory with python libraries and resources (for example unix executable scripts that are forked with subprocess module with different arguments) - total 10-12 files .py + executables. One of them is including the rest and is the interface to the command line tool they make as whole (it currently begins with #!/usr/bin/env python and is executed directly).

Is it possible to make them single executable that's compiled on the machine where they are used for easier transportation (I will create a make file that will handle it)?

I found py2exe but that is for Windows executables. Any suggestions are welcome.

It's not executable, but the common way for Linux is to make a single g-zipped tar file. Why deviate from this standard? — silvado
– silvado, Commented Feb 22, 2013 at 13:37
you could rename the entry-point script to __main__.py and pack all the files in a zip file that can be executed directly, example. — jfs
– jfs, Commented Feb 22, 2013 at 13:43

sissi_luaty · Accepted Answer · 2013-02-22 14:14:19Z

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There is pyinstaller (for linux, windows and mac) which you can try: http://www.pyinstaller.org

After downloading the current version (2.0), and extracting it, you can compile a group of *.py files in this way, considering you are in the path to your pyinstaller:

>>> python pyinstaller.py [opts] path_to_yourprogram.py

If you want a single file you can use:

>>> python pyinstaller.py --onefile path_to_yourprogram.py

In the "path_to_yourprogram.py" you have to put the path to your python program that is including the other things.

That's it! pyinstaller will compile your *.py files into a single executable (but as you have some additional resources, such as other executables, I think that you will have also to distribute those additional resources along with your main executable generated by pyinstaller).

answered Feb 22, 2013 at 14:14

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