cx-freeze

Missing multiprocessing module when freezing Python code

Hi Guys, I'm using cx_Freeze to freeze my Python code so I can distribute it as executable on Windows systems. It works fine but it's missing a few modules. I use some open-source libraries in my project e.g. BeautifulSoup and Periscope. They use some libraries for backward compatibility which i don't need to include as Python 2.6 has t...

Which files to distribute using cx_Freeze?

I'm using cx_freeze to freeze a Python script for distribution to other windows systems. I did everything as instructed and cx_freeze generated a build\exe.win32-2.6 folder in the folder containing my sources. This directory now contains a a bunch of PYD files, a library.zip file, the python DLL file and the main executable. Which of th...

How can i bundle other files when using cx_freeze?

I'm using Python 2.6 and cx_Freeze 4.1.2 on a Windows system. I've created the setup.py to build my executable and everything works fine. When cx_Freeze runs it movies everything to the build directory. I have some other files that i would like included in my build directory. How can i do this? Here's my structure. src\ setup.py ...

python cx_Freeze egg problem

im trying to build an executable (for 32bit windows xp) from a python script (which uses lots of eggs) i considered py2exe(0.6.9), PyInstaller (1.4) and cx_Freeze (4.1.2) py2exe doesnt like eggs for breakfast PyInstaller doesnt like python 2.6 for lunch) so i went with cx_Freeze (supposed to support eggs seamlessly since 4.0). but fo...

cx_Freeze and PYC/PYD files

Hi, I'm using cx_Freeze to freeze my python program. On running cx_Freeze, a bunch of PYD files are created, a whole bunch of PYC files are put into a archive named library.zip and a few DLL files are there too. Could someone tell me the difference between the PYC and the PYD files? What's the reason for the PYD files not in the librar...

Hide console window with wxPython and cxFreeze

I'm developing a Python application using wxPython and freezing it using cxFreeze. All seems to be going fine apart from this following bit: When I run the executable created by cxFreeze, a blank console window pops up. I don't want to show it. Is there any way I could hide it? It doesn't seem to be documented on the cxFreeze site and...

Freezing a dual-mode (GUI and console) application using cx_Freeze

Hi, I've developed a Python application that runs both in the GUI mode and the console mode. If any arguments are specified, it runs in a console mode else it runs in the GUI mode. I've managed to freeze this using cx_Freeze. I had some problems hiding the black console window that would pop up with wxPython and so I modified my setup....

SDL/Pygame failing to load PNG images with cx_Freeze

I'm running Python 3.1 on Windows and I'm trying to distribute my Pygame script as an executable via cx_Freeze. Right now it seems to be working except that the exe build can't load any of my images: Cannot load image: C:\path\to\build\exe.win32-3.1\resources\image.png File is not a Windows BMP file Googling has revealed that this hap...

distributing independent python app to other machines

I created independent python app using cxfreeze under linux and can run it other machines without python and other dependencies. But while doing it for mac OS X, in other machines the app searches for the following python installed location which actually present in the machine where it is frozen. "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework...

Can python3.1 scripts be freezed in mac os x using cxfreeze?

I m new to this and i need to freeze python3.1 scripts so that it can be run in other machines which does'nt have python3.1. CXFREEZE is the one which supports python 3.1 as far as i know. But i could not find any thread saying that freeze is successful for python3.x. So can anybody tell me will it be done with cxfreeze or i have to ch...

Creating fewer files when freezing a Python application

I'm using cxFreeze to freeze my Python application. All seems to be working as expected but peering into the build directory got me thinking... Is there a way I could have fewer files in the build directory? Currently, there's a bunch of PYD files and the necessary DLL files lying around. Then I have some configuration files (custom) a...

Which is better - pyInstaller or cxFreeze

Could someone tell me which is better of the two for bundling Python applications — cxFreeze or pyInstaller? I'm looking for a comparison based on factors such as: Popularity (i.e. larger user base) Footprint of the built binary Cross platform compatibility Ease of use Thanks. ...

Vista User Access Controls with cx-freeze/python script

I'm trying to build a python script and freeze it with cx-freeze but with Vista User Access Control support. As it stands my script runs fine under Server 2003/Win XP, however I need to be able to write files into the root of a drive which requires elevated privileges under UAC. My compiled script is then executed by another process (s...

pyqt application lost icon after packaged by cx_freeze

I have a pyqt application whose icon is in a resource file. I can see the icon when run the application using python app.py. But after I package the application using cx_freeze, the icon is missing. I can see the compiled resource in the `library.zip' (generated by cx_freeze), but the icon is still missing. Any one can help? Thanks. ...

python cx_freeze problem ascil

Hello I want to make EXE file by use py2exe or cx_freeze. so I was try to make exe file with py2exe but no luck. so now I was test with cx_freeze but it also failed. if anyone can help me much apprecaite following is setup.py file in cx_freeze from cx_Freeze import setup, Executable copyDependentFiles=True silent = True include...