This is a basic template for creating Python applications that use wxPython.
The Python code of the graphical user interface in gui.py is generated by wxFormBuilder (3.5.0 beta). The editable project file is gui.fbp. Modify this file with WxFormbuilder and select File, Generate code afterwards.
Apart from creating new applications I use this template for testing parts of my code that seem problematic when trying to freeze the Python code to an executable with py2app, py2exe, PyInstaller or cx_freeze. Using Nuitka is another possibility to get an executable but requires a C++ compiler to be installed on your system. Nuitka is not added here as of now.
The actual OS X *.app and Windows *.exe are not included here. The program doesn't do anything. The whole purpose is to create it yourself. The OS X .app is about 66MB in size, its Windows counterpart ranges from 6.9MB (PyInstaller --onefile with UPX) to 22.1MB (py2exe).
Running the program through the Python interpreter on OS X
cd ~/Development/wxpython_freezing_template
/usr/local/Cellar/python/2.7.8_1/bin/python main.py
Running the program through the Python interpreter on Windows
cd C:\pycharm_projects\wxpython_freezing_template
C:\Python27\python.exe main.py
Freezing
cd ~/Development/wxpython_freezing_template
/usr/local/Cellar/python/2.7.8_1/bin/python setup_py2applet.py py2app --iconfile=icon.icns
Running the frozen main.app
cd ~/Development/wxpython_freezing_template
open ./dist/main.app
Cleaning up
cd ~/Development/wxpython_freezing_template
rm -r build
rm -r dist
- Py2exe for Python 2.x
- Py2exe for Python 3.x (untested)
- Py2exe list of options for setup.py file
- Py2exe adding an icon to the exe
Freezing
cd C:\pycharm_projects\wxpython_freezing_template
C:\Python27\python.exe setup_py2exe.py py2exe
Running the frozen main.exe
C:\pycharm_projects\wxpython_freezing_template\dist\main.exe
Cleaning up
rd C:\pycharm_projects\wxpython_freezing_template\build /s /q
rd C:\pycharm_projects\wxpython_freezing_template\dist /s /q
- PyInstaller official page
- PyInstaller Manual - Options
- PyInstaller Manual - Spec Files
- PyInstaller on GitHub (latest version untested)
- PyInstaller on PyPI
Creating a very basic specfile for freezing
cd C:\pycharm_projects\wxpython_freezing_template
C:\Python27\python.exe C:\Python27\Scripts\pyi-makespec-script.py --windowed --icon=icon.ico --onefile --version-file=setup_pyinstaller_version.txt main.py
Freezing by using a specfile
cd C:\pycharm_projects\wxpython_freezing_template
C:\Python27\python.exe C:\Python27\Scripts\pyinstaller-script.py --clean --upx-dir=C:\upx\ setup_pyinstaller_onedir.spec
Running the frozen main.exe
C:\pycharm_projects\wxpython_freezing_template\dist\main\main.exe
Optional steps for freezing to one *.exe file afterwards, directly creating one single *.exe seems to be not possible.
cd C:\pycharm_projects\wxpython_freezing_template
xcopy dist\main\main.exe.manifest dist
xcopy dist\main\icon.ico dist
xcopy dist\main\logging_to_file.ini dist
xcopy dist\main\logging_to_terminal.ini dist
xcopy dist\main\logging_to_terminal_and_file.ini dist
rd C:\pycharm_projects\wxpython_freezing_template\build /s /q
rd C:\pycharm_projects\wxpython_freezing_template\dist\main /s /q
C:\Python27\python.exe C:\Python27\Scripts\pyinstaller-script.py --clean --upx-dir=C:\upx\ setup_pyinstaller_onefile.spec
Running the frozen one file main.exe
C:\pycharm_projects\wxpython_freezing_template\dist\main.exe
Cleaning up
rd C:\pycharm_projects\wxpython_freezing_template\build /s /q
rd C:\pycharm_projects\wxpython_freezing_template\dist /s /q
- cx_Freeze official page
- cx_Freeze distutils setup script
- cx_Freeze statement on single file executables
Generating a very basic distutils setup script
cd C:\pycharm_projects\wxpython_freezing_template
C:\Python27\python.exe C:\Python27\Scripts\cxfreeze-quickstart.py
Freezing by using a setup script
cd C:\pycharm_projects\wxpython_freezing_template
C:\Python27\python.exe setup_cx_freeze.py build
Running the frozen main.exe
C:\pycharm_projects\wxpython_freezing_template\build\exe.win32-2.7\main.exe
Cleaning up
rd C:\pycharm_projects\wxpython_freezing_template\build /s /q