How to generate a Windows executable using pyinstaller on Linux?

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I'm trying to generate an executable from Linux for Windows using pyinstaller.

pyinstaller --onefile --windowed montecarlo.py

I run this command and get a single executable that works on Linux just fine, but if I try on Windows, it's just a simple file. Why?

Please clarify. What is the extension of the generated file? — Synedraacus
– Synedraacus, Commented May 17, 2017 at 2:19
On Linux it's a executable (application/x-executable), but on Windows it's a Type of file: File — Drakota
– Drakota, Commented May 17, 2017 at 2:29

Jack · Accepted Answer · 2017-07-12 18:28:43Z

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I was trying to do this same thing today and ran across this answer. It pointed to the FAQ, which says cross-compiling is not supported. It recommends using Wine.

answered Jul 12, 2017 at 18:28

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Shadow Over a year ago

Did you ever get this off the ground? I'd like to be able to build windows releases in pipelines (which run linux docker containers).

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