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py2app can create standalone Mac OS X applications with Python

py2app is a Python setuptools command which will allow you to make standalone application bundles and plugins from Python scripts. py2app is similar in purpose and design to py2exe for Windows.

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Can I run py2app on Windows?

I recently discovered that an outdated version of Python was causing my Wx app to run into errors. I can't install Python 2.7.3 on my Mac, and when I tried it in a virtual machine, py2app was still "compiling" the app after running overnight (my…
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py2app is not copying the Python.framework to the new app while using virutalenv

environment: MacOS X 10.7.2, system installed python 2.7.1, virtualenv 1.7.2, pyobjc 2.3, py2app 0.6.4+ I have a newly created virtualenv with pyobc 2.3 and py2app installed. When I run python setup.py py2app to create an app (for example in…
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SSLError in Requests when packaging as OS X .app

I'm developing an application for OS X. The application involves communicating with a server through python-requests, using a secure connection. I am able to run the python file I intend to package, and it succeeds with the SSL connection. However,…
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How to have Python check if a file exists and create it if it doesn't?

How to have Python look and see if there is a file it needs and if there isn't create one? Basically I want Python to look for my file name KEEP-IMPORTANT.txt, but when I create my app using py2app it doesn't work because it doesn't have the file.…
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py2app picking up .git subdir of a package during build

We use py2app extensively at our facility to produce self contained .app packages for easy internal deployment without dependency issues. Something I noticed recently, and have no idea how it began, is that when building an .app, py2app started…
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Creating a standalone macOS application with Python and py2app

I want to create a standalone app which can be used globally on other Macs other than mine. I followed the tutorial from this page: https://www.metachris.com/2015/11/create-standalone-mac-os-x-applications-with-python-and-py2app/ However after the…
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how do I use py2app?

Ok - here goes. I am trying to learn how to use py2app, so I created a simple python file; just hello_world.py #! /usr/bin/env python def main(): print "Hello" if __name__=="__main__": main() I followed a tutorial and did the…
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How to convert .py to .exe in Mac

I've developed an application in Python with PyQt on Mac OS and I want to make .exe file for windows OS. How can I do this? I've tried in Ubuntu but it doesn't work. I'll be grateful for some useful assistance.
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py2app TypeError: dyld_find() got an unexpected keyword argument 'loader'

I'm having difficulty building my app using py2app. I can build it in alias mode without issue using this command: python3.4 setup.py py2app -A However when I try and build it using: python3.4 setup.py py2app I get the error message as per title…
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Bundle a Python app as a single file to support add-ons or extensions?

There are several utilities — all with different procedures, limitations, and target operating systems — for getting a Python package and all of its dependencies and turning them into a single binary program that is easy to ship to…
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Maximum Recursion Depth Exceeded py2App

I've searched google pretty thoroughly, but can't find an answer to this. When I try to build with py2app I get this error: Would it possibly be caused by using a module such as 'gspread' in the code? Or because I'm using wxpython? The troubling…
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py2app- What's the difference between the "includes" and "packages" variables?

I'm trying to package a Linux program for Mac OS X using py2app. My setup.py looks like this: "includes": "sip,numpy,cherrypy,cPickle,md5,logging,shutil,xml.sax,PyQt4,PyQt4.QtCore", "resources": "mnemosyne", "iconfile":…
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Problem using py2app with the lxml package

I am trying to use 'py2app' to generate a standalone application from some Python scripts. The Python uses the 'lxml' package, and I've found that I have to specify this explicitly in the setup.py file that 'py2app' uses. However, the resulting…
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Python macOS builds run from Terminal but crash on Finder launch

My py2app build displays an error message with a Terminate button when the app is launched with a double-click. However, if I open it directly in Terminal then it works perfectly well. All of the following Terminal commands launch the app…
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py2app tkinter 'Detected missing constraints' error

I am trying to package an existing python script that uses tk to choose a file and ask for a value into an app that includes all the dependencies. I am using MacOS 10.12.5, homebrew python 3.6.1 and py2app 0.14. The following works fine as a script,…
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