How to convert a .py to .exe for Python?

Sometimes, we want to convert a .py to .exe for Python.

In this article, we’ll look at how to convert a .py to .exe for Python.

How to convert a .py to .exe for Python?

To convert a .py to .exe for Python, we can use the cx_Freeze and idna packages.

To install them, we .run

pip install cx_Freeze
pip install idna

Then we create a setup.py file to convert a script to an exe file by writing

from cx_Freeze import setup, Executable

base = None    

executables = [Executable("foo.py", base=base)]

packages = ["idna"]
options = {
    'build_exe': {    
        'packages':packages,
    },    
}

setup(
    name = "<any name>",
    options = options,
    version = "<any number>",
    description = '<any description>',
    executables = executables
)

We use

executables = [Executable("foo.py", base=base)]

convert foo.py into an executable.

And then we add some options in options.

Next, we call setup with some arguments for the info for our executable to convert foo.py into an exe.

Conclusion

To convert a .py to .exe for Python, we can use the cx_Freeze and idna packages.