Standalone Python Applications in Linux

How to create standalone program(on linux) from my python code?

You can try PyInstaller. It is easy to use for a simple case.

pip install pyinstaller

then for a single-file executable

pyinstaller covid_19.py --onefile

will generate the executable in the \dist directory.

PyInstaller is not cross platform, so on Windows, for example, it will create a .exe file. If you wanted an executable to work on, say, MacOS, you would need to compile on that system.

Executable Python program with all dependencies for Linux

Use PyInstaller in Linux based systems
PyInstaller is a program used to convert Python scripts into standalone deployable applications.

Install PyInstaller from PyPI:

pip install pyinstaller

Go to your program’s directory and run:

pyinstaller yourprogram.py

This will generate the bundle in a subdirectory called dist

You can use -onefile argument in order to generate the bundle with
only a single executable file.

How can I make a Python script standalone executable to run without ANY dependency?

You can use py2exe as already answered and use Cython to convert your key .py files in .pyc, C compiled files, like .dll in Windows and .so on Linux.

It is much harder to revert than common .pyo and .pyc files (and also gain in performance!).

How to package Python Project into a standalone executable?

PyInstaller

PyInstaller is a program that freezes (packages) Python programs into stand-alone executables, under Windows, GNU/Linux, Mac OS X, FreeBSD, Solaris and AIX. Its main advantages over similar tools are that PyInstaller works with Python 2.7 and 3.4—3.7, it builds smaller executables thanks to transparent compression, it is fully multi-platform, and use the OS support to load the dynamic libraries, thus ensuring full compatibility.

It work even if users do not have python installed.

Here an example from a github project. As you can see, you can download sources, but also a zip containing every package used to run your project. In this example, it contains many files, but you can package everything into a single .exe file.

How to use (Manual):

Install PyInstaller from PyPI:

pip install pyinstaller

Go to your program’s directory and run:

pyinstaller yourprogram.py

This will generate the bundle in a subdirectory called dist.

You can use --onefile argument in order to generate the bundle with only a single executable file.

Case specific:

You asked how to get arguments send by the user. Here is some way to do it, more or less convenient:

Use input(),
Use a config file,
Use default parameter.

Build Python Standalone Executable for Linux using Windows Machine

No, there is no way to do this with PyInstaller and just a Windows development machine.

PyInstaller creates executables for the system you're running it on. If you run it on a Windows machine, you get a Windows executable.

In the past, I solved this problem by creating a Linux development VM, and running PyInstaller there; it creates a Linux executable appropriately.

Convert a Python package into a standalone application

Solved!

I simply added a path to my package in site-package directory of python, then wrote the main script that uses this package to get my task done. I then used pyinstaller to make a binary of this main script and it automatically included and complied all the dependencies that includes this very package i created.

I essentially copied the __main__.py as that had all the code that was doing the final task. Working like a charm :)

If anyone has any suggestions or a better way, please suggest!