15 Python scripts into one executable?
Question: Ive been tinkering around all day with solutions from here and here:

[How would I combine multiple .py files into one .exe with
Py2Exe](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7950335/how-would-i-combine-
multiple-py-files-into-one-exe-with-py2exe)

[Packaging multiple scripts in
PyInstaller](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8888813/packaging-multiple-
scripts-in-pyinstaller)

but Its not quite working the way I thought it might.

I have a program that Ive been working on for the last 6 months and I just
sourced out one of its features to another developer who did his work in
Python.

What I would like to do is use his scripts without making the user have to
download and install python.

The problem as I see it is that 1 python script calls the other 14 python
scripts for various tasks.

So what I'm asking is whats the best way to go about this?

Is it possible to package 15 scripts and all their dependencies into 1 exe
that I can call normally? or is there another way that I can package the
initial script into an exe and that exe can call the .py scripts normally? or
should I just say f' it and include a python installer with my setup file?

This is for Python 2.7.6 btw

And this is how the initial script calls the other scripts.

    
    
    import printSub as ps
    import arrayWorker as aw
    import arrayBuilder as ab
    import rootWorker as rw
    import validateData as vd
    etc...
    

If this was you trying to incorporate these scripts, how would you go about
it?

Thanks


Answer: You can really use **py2exe** , it behaves the way you want.

See answer to the mentioned question: [How would I combine multiple .py files
into one .exe with Py2Exe](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7950335/how-
would-i-combine-multiple-py-files-into-one-exe-with-py2exe)

Usually, py2exe bundles your main script to exe file and all your dependent
scripts (it parses your imports and finds all nescessary python files) to
library zip file (pyc files only). Also it collects dependent DLL libraries
and copies them to distribution directory so you can distribute whole
directory and user can run exe file from this directory. The benefit is that
you can have a large number of scripts - smaller exe files - to use one large
library zip file and DLLs.

Alternatively, you can configure py2exe to bundle all your scripts and
requirements to 1 standalone exe file. Exe file consists of main script,
dependent python files and all DLLs. I am using these options in setup.py to
accomplish this:

    
    
    setup( 
      ...
      options = {         
        'py2exe' : {
            'compressed': 2, 
            'optimize': 2,
            'bundle_files': 1,
            'excludes': excludes}
            },                   
      zipfile=None, 
      console = ["your_main_script.py"],
      ...
    )
    

* * *

Working code:

    
    
    from distutils.core import setup
    import py2exe, sys, os
    
    sys.argv.append('py2exe')
    setup( 
      options = {         
        'py2exe' : {
            'compressed': 1, 
            'optimize': 2,
            'bundle_files': 3, #Options 1 & 2 do not work on a 64bit system
            'dist_dir': 'dist',  # Put .exe in dist/
            'xref': False,
            'skip_archive': False,
            'ascii': False,
            }
            },                   
      zipfile=None, 
      console = ['thisProject.py'],
    )
    

