py2exe – generate single executable file

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The way to do this using py2exe is to use the bundle_files option in your setup.py file. For a single file you will want to set bundle_files to 1, compressed to True, and set the zipfile option to None. That way it creates one compressed file for easy distribution.

Here is a more complete description of the bundle_file option quoted directly from the py2exe site*

Using “bundle_files” and “zipfile”

An easier (and better) way to create
single-file executables is to set
bundle_files to 1 or 2, and to set
zipfile to None. This approach does
not require extracting files to a
temporary location, which provides
much faster program startup.

Valid values for bundle_files are:

  • 3 (default) don’t bundle
  • 2 bundle everything but the Python interpreter
  • 1 bundle everything, including the Python interpreter

If zipfile is set to None, the files will be bundle
within the executable instead of library.zip.

Here is a sample setup.py:

from distutils.core import setup
import py2exe, sys, os

sys.argv.append('py2exe')

setup(
    options = {'py2exe': {'bundle_files': 1, 'compressed': True}},
    windows = [{'script': "single.py"}],
    zipfile = None,
)

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