How do I compile a PyQt script (.py) to a single standalone executable file for windows (.exe) and/or linux?

Question

I started to fiddle with PyQt, and made a \"beautiful\" script from the pyqt whitepaper example app (pastebin)

It works perfectly in Windows and Linux (with qt envir

Answer 1

You may want to check out cx_freeze. It claims to create executables which are "cross platform and should work on any platform that Python itself works on."

I came across it in exploring the moneyGuru package which uses PyQt. I downloaded the moneyguru.exe file to my Windows XP system, executed it, and it worked fine on Python 3.2.

You can clone the hg repo from here to see how it.s done.