Re: [pygame] Compilation

["Andrew Godfroy" <killerrin@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hey, Try this: 
http://cs.simpson.edu/?q=make_an_installer_for_your_python_program

I use it for all my programs when ready for distribution. What it does it 
converts your .Py to an exe file which can be run like any normal program. 
Its the only Compilation/Exe creation program that I have found that is 
still being supported.

-----Original Message----- 
From: Zack Baker
Sent: Friday, February 17, 2012 4:44 PM
To: pygame-users@xxxxxxxx
Cc: pygame-users@xxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [pygame] Compilation

So could you just resend an email with the command exactly how it would as 
oppear because that looks a littled funky. Let's assume that the game is 
called helloworld.py  and put it in the trunk folder or wherever. Thank you!

-Zack

On Feb 17, 2012, at 4:17 PM, Sam Bull <sam.hacking@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Thu, 2012-02-16 at 18:52 -0700, Ian Mallett wrote:
>
> > I am unaware of any other binary distribution techniques for Python on
> > Mac other than py2app.
>
> [Sent from wrong address, so re-posting]
>
> Pyinstaller? It claims to be cross-platform. It's also the only one that
> I've managed to get working without much hassle. I've only tested it on
> Linux myself though.
>
> To create a frozen binary on my system, all I need to run is:
> python ~/.pyinstaller-1.5.1/pyinstaller.py --onefile -o pyinstaller
> trunk/pacman.py
>
> That's with pyinstaller installed in a hidden folder in my home
> directory. The -o argument is the output directory. So this compiles my
> game located at "trunk/pacman.py" into a single binary, saving it into
> the "pyinstaller" folder.
>
> I've not managed to have any success with alternatives like py2app or
> py2exe.
>
> Oh, and one caveat, the exit() function doesn't work with Pyinstaller,
> use sys.exit() instead.
>
> --
> Sam Bull <sambull.org>
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