🔒 .py to .exe

[frozen trout]

how to make .py to .exe

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@frozen trout

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[leaden shoal]

Did you google it? I know that's not a helpful answer but it seems like something you can google first

[uneven musk]

no easy way to do that without some quirks
try stuff like pyinstaller or nuitka

[leaden shoal]

!pypi py2exe

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py2exe v0.13.0.1

Build standalone executables for Windows

Released on <t:1696713696:D>.

[leaden shoal]

!pypi pyinstaller

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pyinstaller v6.8.0

PyInstaller bundles a Python application and all its dependencies into a single package.

Released on <t:1717848660:D>.

[uneven musk]

the quirks might include, the resulting file being comparatively big, windows flagging your program as a virus, some jank with importing modules / file paths, etc.

[frozen trout]

i tryed that with my file last time i got 1 folder and 1 .py when i do
--onefile --noconsole main.py then it dont work

can some1 make a video for tutorial plszz

[leaden shoal]

no

[frozen trout]

ok

[leaden shoal]

But i bet you can find tons already up there on youtube

but also, if you go into more detail about what "dont work" means, then we could help you here

[hasty trench]

why were you using noconsole?

[frozen trout]

chat cpt told

[hasty trench]

chatcrappity isn't reliable.

try doing the same thing again without --noconsole

[frozen trout]

okay

[halcyon dust]

Also, you said your file is 1.py but you put in main.py in the console. You have to put the name of your python file, not main.py

[leaden shoal]

I think they meant "i had one python file"

[frozen trout]

yea

[halcyon dust]

Oh my bad, that makes sense

Anyway, did not using the --noconsole work?

[frozen trout]

no

still not work

it says failed to finde main.exe

[leaden shoal]

Can you share exactly what you're doing?

and the actual output

[frozen trout]

wait i go eating rn

[halcyon dust]

You're probably not running the command from wherever the file is. Look up the cd command and try to go to the correct directory. Then it'll probably work

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