CODEWITHSUNDEEP
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user1119429
user1119429

Reputation: 685

Can't convert .py files into .exe files

I want to turn python files into .exe files but I can't. I have installed py2exe when I run the program setup.py on the windows command prompt with that command line

python setup.py py2exe

I get the following error message:

no module named py2exe

Upvotes: 0

Views: 691

Answers (1)

dgorissen
dgorissen

Reputation: 6305

To quote the py2exe tutorial:

"py2exe" is a new Distutils command that is added when you import py2exe. To use py2exe you need to create a setup.py file to tell Distutils and py2exe what you want to do. Here's a setup.py whose simplicity is appropriate for our sample program...

So their example setup.py script is: 

     from distutils.core import setup
     import py2exe
     setup(console=['hello.py'])

Which can be built with

python setup.py py2exe

So I think you are just missing the import. Post your full setup.py if this is not the case so we can debug.

Upvotes: 4

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