How to make my python script easy portable? or how to compile into binary with all module dependencies?

Question

Is there any way to compile python script into binary? I have one file python script which uses a lot of modules. What I would like is to have its copy on other machines (fr

Answer 1

cx_freeze will append your python scripts to a standalone Python loader and produce a directory containing the program, and shared library dependencies. You can then copy the resulting distribution to other machines independent of Python or your modules.

$ cat hello.py 
print "Hello, World!"
$ ls dist/
datetime.so  _heapq.so  hello  libpython2.6.so.1.0  readline.so
$ cat hello.py 
print "Hello, World!"
$ cxfreeze hello.py 
...  ...
$ ls dist/
datetime.so  _heapq.so  hello  libpython2.6.so.1.0  readline.so
$ ./dist/hello
Hello, World!

A better answer may be to create a PIP package that identifies these third modules as dependencies, so installation can be as simple as "pip install mypackage; ./package"