Ironpython 2.6 .py -> .exe

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Solution

You can use `pyc.py`, the Python Command-Line Compiler, which is included in IronPython since version 2.6 to compile a Python script to an executable. You find it at `%IRONPYTONINSTALLDIR%\Tools\Scripts\pyc.py` on your hard disk.

Example

Let's assume you have a simple script `test.py` that just prints out something to console. You can turn this into an executable with the following command-line (assuming that the IronPython directory is the current directory and that `test.py` is in there, too):

ipy.exe Tools\Scripts\pyc.py /main:test.py /target:exe

Note: If you are using forms and don't want a console window to open, you want to use `/target:winexe` instead of `/target:exe`.

The result will be two files, `test.dll` and `test.exe`. `test.dll` will contain your actual script code, while `test.exe` is just a launcher for `test.dll`. You can distribute this EXE and DLL to other computers which do not have IronPython installed if you include the files

- `IronPython.dll`,

- `Microsoft.Dynamic.dll`,

- `Microsoft.Scripting.Core.dll`,

- `Microsoft.Scripting.Debugging.dll`,

- `Microsoft.Scripting.dll`,

- `Microsoft.Scripting.ExtensionAttribute.dll` and

- `IronPython.Modules.dll` (sometimes needed).

Also see the blog entry IronPython - how to compile exe.

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