Installing py2exe on Debian

General · 05-02-2010, 02:15 AM

I'm running Debian 5.0. I've been following the tutorial here http://www.py2exe.org/index.cgi/Tutorial but it seems I can't get it to work. I'm guessing, Python didn't come with the Distutils that I need. I've search the repositories and the On-line debian package database, but can't find a Distutils package, I've installed python-dev, but that still appears to not contain the module for py2exe.

MTK358 · 05-03-2010, 11:56 AM

On the front page of the py2exe website:

Quote:

py2exe is a Python Distutils extension which converts Python scripts into executable Windows programs, able to run without requiring a Python installation.

knudfl · 05-03-2010, 12:20 PM

..... py2exe will work on Windows only. Is a Windows program.

You can Google .. py2exe on linux .. http://www.google.com/linux

http://www.google.com/linux?hl=en&q=...ux&btnG=Search

.. May be some suggestions ?
..

General · 05-03-2010, 05:30 PM

Oh, I knew py2exe made Windows exe's (that is what I want), but didn't realize I can't make them from Linux.

Okay, here's my problem: I've only got a computer running Linux. I have a small program written in Python, just using Tkinter. I need to run the program on some Windows machines, but I can't install Python, nor py2exe, on those machines.

Can I somehow load Python for Windows + my Python script on a USB and run Python from the USB without installing Python?

pmav99 · 12-26-2010, 10:02 AM

Just for the record.

You could always try with the portable version of python. Just google it.

MTK358 · 12-26-2010, 12:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pmav99

Just for the record.

You could always try with the portable version of python. Just google it.

I don't understand.

Even if it ran on Linux, it still generates Windows executables. Making it run on a different platform will not magically transform its function.