Build_project

Building projects into executable files for Windows and Linux

1. Install pywin32 and pyinstaller:

pip install pypiwin32  # FOR WINDOWS ONLY !!!

pip install pyinstaller

2. Checking correctness of the installation

pyinstaller --version

3. Syntax:

pyinstaller [options] script [script ...] | specfile

4. Useful options:

--onefile # build project in one file

--windowed # show console

--noconsole

--icon=icon_file.ico # add ico

--add-data "temp\file_name1.txt;file_name2.png" # add extra files in executable file

5. Example:

pyinstaller --onefile --noconsole  GUI_calc.py