Problem using Py2exe

[Loismustdie129]

I need help with a py2exe example I am working on to get the basics. The example is:

# setup.py
from distutils.core import setup
import py2exe
setup(name="wxTail",scripts=["wxTail.py"],)

I type this in and then I get the error message:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<pyshell#2>", line 1, in -toplevel-
    setup(name="wxTail",scripts=["wxTail.py"],)
  File "C:\Python24\lib\distutils\core.py", line 137, in setup
    raise SystemExit, gen_usage(dist.script_name) + "\nerror: %s" % msg
SystemExit: usage:  [global_opts] cmd1 [cmd1_opts] [cmd2 [cmd2_opts] ...]
   or:  --help [cmd1 cmd2 ...]
   or:  --help-commands
   or:  cmd --help
 
error: no commands supplied

What I want to know is what does this mean and what is the Setup() command do.

Thanks for any help.

[bartonc]

Here is a link to true911m's Simple guide to using py2exe.

[Loismustdie129]

#!/usr/bin/env python
from distutils.core import setup
import py2exe
 
setup(
    console=["HelloWorld.py"],
    zipfile=None
     )

I tried this code out and I got an error message reading:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<pyshell#6>", line 3, in -toplevel-
zipfile= None
File "C:\Python24\lib\distutils\core.py", line 137, in setup
raise SystemExit, gen_usage(dist.script_name) + "\nerror: %s" % msg
SystemExit: usage: [global_opts] cmd1 [cmd1_opts] [cmd2 [cmd2_opts] ...]
or: --help [cmd1 cmd2 ...]
or: --help-commands
or: cmd --help

error: no commands supplied

any thoughts on it?

[bartonc]

I tried this code out and I got an error message.
any thoughts on it?

It needs to be called from the commend line like this:

python setup.py py2exe --bundle 1

.
How did you invoke you script?

[Loismustdie129]

I took that code and put it into my editor, IDLE, and when I hit enter to get out of the "setup" function it returned that error, I never saved anything cause of the error.

[bartonc]

I took that code and put it into my editor, IDLE, and when I hit enter to get out of the "setup" function it returned that error, I never saved anything cause of the error.

There's your problem. IDLE was never quite finished. The Run Module in the Run menu doesn't pass any command line arguments that way that other IDEs do. Follow all the steps in true911m's tutorial. His way uses a batch file to execute setup.py with arguments. This can also be done from a DOS command prompt, but changing directories in there becomes tedious (at best).

[true911m]

I created another walkthrough for PyInstaller if anyone would rather try that.

[bartonc]

I created another walkthrough for PyInstaller if anyone would rather try that.

You make this forum a smarter place. Thanks for your contributions!