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Do this by opening terminal and entering the following command:</p> <div class="language-py extra-class"><pre class="language-py"><code>sudo easy_install <span class="token operator">-</span>U py2app
</code></pre></div><p>You can also <code>pip</code> install the packages as :</p> <div class="language-py extra-class"><pre class="language-py"><code>pip install py2app
</code></pre></div><p>Then create the setup file for your python script:</p> <div class="language-py extra-class"><pre class="language-py"><code>py2applet <span class="token operator">-</span><span class="token operator">-</span>make<span class="token operator">-</span>setup MyApplication<span class="token punctuation">.</span>py
</code></pre></div><p>Edit the settings of the setup file to your liking, this is the default:</p> <div class="language-py extra-class"><pre class="language-py"><code><span class="token triple-quoted-string string">"""
This is a setup.py script generated by py2applet
Usage:
python setup.py py2app
"""</span>
<span class="token keyword">from</span> setuptools <span class="token keyword">import</span> setup
APP <span class="token operator">=</span> <span class="token punctuation">[</span><span class="token string">'test.py'</span><span class="token punctuation">]</span>
DATA_FILES <span class="token operator">=</span> <span class="token punctuation">[</span><span class="token punctuation">]</span>
OPTIONS <span class="token operator">=</span> <span class="token punctuation">{</span><span class="token string">'argv_emulation'</span><span class="token punctuation">:</span> <span class="token boolean">True</span><span class="token punctuation">}</span>
setup<span class="token punctuation">(</span>
app<span class="token operator">=</span>APP<span class="token punctuation">,</span>
data_files<span class="token operator">=</span>DATA_FILES<span class="token punctuation">,</span>
options<span class="token operator">=</span><span class="token punctuation">{</span><span class="token string">'py2app'</span><span class="token punctuation">:</span> OPTIONS<span class="token punctuation">}</span><span class="token punctuation">,</span>
setup_requires<span class="token operator">=</span><span class="token punctuation">[</span><span class="token string">'py2app'</span><span class="token punctuation">]</span><span class="token punctuation">,</span>
<span class="token punctuation">)</span>
</code></pre></div><p>To add an icon file (this file must have a .icns extension), or include images in your application as reference, change your options as shown:</p> <div class="language-py extra-class"><pre class="language-py"><code>DATA_FILES <span class="token operator">=</span> <span class="token punctuation">[</span><span class="token string">'myInsertedImage.jpg'</span><span class="token punctuation">]</span>
OPTIONS <span class="token operator">=</span> <span class="token punctuation">{</span><span class="token string">'argv_emulation'</span><span class="token punctuation">:</span> <span class="token boolean">True</span><span class="token punctuation">,</span> <span class="token string">'iconfile'</span><span class="token punctuation">:</span> <span class="token string">'myCoolIcon.icns'</span><span class="token punctuation">}</span>
</code></pre></div><p>Finally enter this into terminal:</p> <div class="language-py extra-class"><pre class="language-py"><code>python setup<span class="token punctuation">.</span>py py2app
</code></pre></div><p>The script should run and you will find your finished application in the dist folder.</p> <p>Use the following options for more customization:</p> <div class="language-py extra-class"><pre class="language-py"><code>optimize <span class="token punctuation">(</span><span class="token operator">-</span>O<span class="token punctuation">)</span> optimization level<span class="token punctuation">:</span> <span class="token operator">-</span>O1 <span class="token keyword">for</span> <span class="token string">"python -O"</span><span class="token punctuation">,</span> <span class="token operator">-</span>O2 <span class="token keyword">for</span>
<span class="token string">"python -OO"</span><span class="token punctuation">,</span> <span class="token keyword">and</span> <span class="token operator">-</span>O0 to disable <span class="token punctuation">[</span>default<span class="token punctuation">:</span> <span class="token operator">-</span>O0<span class="token punctuation">]</span>
includes <span class="token punctuation">(</span><span class="token operator">-</span>i<span class="token punctuation">)</span> comma<span class="token operator">-</span>separated <span class="token builtin">list</span> of modules to include
packages <span class="token punctuation">(</span><span class="token operator">-</span>p<span class="token punctuation">)</span> comma<span class="token operator">-</span>separated <span class="token builtin">list</span> of packages to include
extension Bundle extension <span class="token punctuation">[</span>default<span class="token punctuation">:</span><span class="token punctuation">.</span>app <span class="token keyword">for</span> app<span class="token punctuation">,</span> <span class="token punctuation">.</span>plugin <span class="token keyword">for</span>
plugin<span class="token punctuation">]</span>
extra<span class="token operator">-</span>scripts comma<span class="token operator">-</span>separated <span class="token builtin">list</span> of additional scripts to include
<span class="token keyword">in</span> an application <span class="token keyword">or</span> plugin<span class="token punctuation">.</span>
</code></pre></div><h2 id="cx-freeze"><a href="#cx-freeze" class="header-anchor">#</a> cx_Freeze</h2> <p>Install cx_Freeze from <a href="https://sourceforge.net/projects/cx-freeze/files/4.3.1/cx_Freeze-4.3.1.tar.gz/download?use_mirror=kent&download=" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">here<span><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" aria-hidden="true" focusable="false" x="0px" y="0px" viewBox="0 0 100 100" width="15" height="15" class="icon outbound"><path fill="currentColor" d="M18.8,85.1h56l0,0c2.2,0,4-1.8,4-4v-32h-8v28h-48v-48h28v-8h-32l0,0c-2.2,0-4,1.8-4,4v56C14.8,83.3,16.6,85.1,18.8,85.1z"></path> <polygon fill="currentColor" points="45.7,48.7 51.3,54.3 77.2,28.5 77.2,37.2 85.2,37.2 85.2,14.9 62.8,14.9 62.8,22.9 71.5,22.9"></polygon></svg> <span class="sr-only">(opens new window)</span></span></a></p> <p>Unzip the folder and run these commands from that directory:</p> <div class="language-py extra-class"><pre class="language-py"><code>python setup<span class="token punctuation">.</span>py build
sudo python setup<span class="token punctuation">.</span>py install
</code></pre></div><p>Create a new directory for your python script and create a <strong>"setup.py"</strong> file in the same directory with the following content:</p> <div class="language-py extra-class"><pre class="language-py"><code>application_title <span class="token operator">=</span> <span class="token string">"My Application"</span> <span class="token comment"># Use your own application name</span>
main_python_file <span class="token operator">=</span> <span class="token string">"my_script.py"</span> <span class="token comment"># Your python script</span>
<span class="token keyword">import</span> sys
<span class="token keyword">from</span> cx_Freeze <span class="token keyword">import</span> setup<span class="token punctuation">,</span> Executable
base <span class="token operator">=</span> <span class="token boolean">None</span>
<span class="token keyword">if</span> sys<span class="token punctuation">.</span>platform <span class="token operator">==</span> <span class="token string">"win32"</span><span class="token punctuation">:</span>
base <span class="token operator">=</span> <span class="token string">"Win32GUI"</span>
includes <span class="token operator">=</span> <span class="token punctuation">[</span><span class="token string">"atexit"</span><span class="token punctuation">,</span><span class="token string">"re"</span><span class="token punctuation">]</span>
setup<span class="token punctuation">(</span>
name <span class="token operator">=</span> application_title<span class="token punctuation">,</span>
version <span class="token operator">=</span> <span class="token string">"0.1"</span><span class="token punctuation">,</span>
description <span class="token operator">=</span> <span class="token string">"Your Description"</span><span class="token punctuation">,</span>
options <span class="token operator">=</span> <span class="token punctuation">{</span><span class="token string">"build_exe"</span> <span class="token punctuation">:</span> <span class="token punctuation">{</span><span class="token string">"includes"</span> <span class="token punctuation">:</span> includes <span class="token punctuation">}</span><span class="token punctuation">}</span><span class="token punctuation">,</span>
executables <span class="token operator">=</span> <span class="token punctuation">[</span>Executable<span class="token punctuation">(</span>main_python_file<span class="token punctuation">,</span> base <span class="token operator">=</span> base<span class="token punctuation">)</span><span class="token punctuation">]</span><span class="token punctuation">)</span>
</code></pre></div><p>Now run your setup.py from terminal:</p> <div class="language-py extra-class"><pre class="language-py"><code>python setup<span class="token punctuation">.</span>py bdist_mac
</code></pre></div><p><strong>NOTE: On El Capitan this will need to be run as root with SIP mode disabled.</strong></p></div> <footer class="page-edit"><div class="edit-link"><a href="https://github.com/devtut/generate/edit/master/docs/python/distribution.md" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Edit this page on GitHub</a> <span><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" aria-hidden="true" focusable="false" x="0px" y="0px" viewBox="0 0 100 100" width="15" height="15" class="icon outbound"><path fill="currentColor" d="M18.8,85.1h56l0,0c2.2,0,4-1.8,4-4v-32h-8v28h-48v-48h28v-8h-32l0,0c-2.2,0-4,1.8-4,4v56C14.8,83.3,16.6,85.1,18.8,85.1z"></path> <polygon fill="currentColor" points="45.7,48.7 51.3,54.3 77.2,28.5 77.2,37.2 85.2,37.2 85.2,14.9 62.8,14.9 62.8,22.9 71.5,22.9"></polygon></svg> <span class="sr-only">(opens new window)</span></span></div> <!----></footer> <div class="page-nav"><p class="inner"><span class="prev">
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