The link you gave just gives instructions on how to use a combination of cx_Freeze (which is great, by the way, I recommend it) and Install Creator. Note that only cx_Freeze can be actually useful to someone running Mac OS X, as Install Creator is Windows-only.
--- On Fri, 2/17/12, Andrew Godfroy <killer...@hotmail.com> wrote: > From: Andrew Godfroy <killer...@hotmail.com> > Subject: Re: [pygame] Compilation > To: pygame-users@seul.org > Date: Friday, February 17, 2012, 10:41 PM > Hey, Try this: > http://cs.simpson.edu/?q=make_an_installer_for_your_python_program > > I use it for all my programs when ready for distribution. > What it does it converts your .Py to an exe file which can > be run like any normal program. Its the only Compilation/Exe > creation program that I have found that is still being > supported. > > -----Original Message----- From: Zack Baker > Sent: Friday, February 17, 2012 4:44 PM > To: pygame-users@seul.org > Cc: pygame-users@seul.org > Subject: Re: [pygame] Compilation > > So could you just resend an email with the command exactly > how it would as oppear because that looks a littled funky. > Let's assume that the game is called helloworld.py and > put it in the trunk folder or wherever. Thank you! > > -Zack > > On Feb 17, 2012, at 4:17 PM, Sam Bull <sam.hack...@sent.com> > wrote: > > > On Thu, 2012-02-16 at 18:52 -0700, Ian Mallett wrote: > > > >> I am unaware of any other binary distribution > techniques for Python on > >> Mac other than py2app. > > > > [Sent from wrong address, so re-posting] > > > > Pyinstaller? It claims to be cross-platform. It's also > the only one that > > I've managed to get working without much hassle. I've > only tested it on > > Linux myself though. > > > > To create a frozen binary on my system, all I need to > run is: > > python ~/.pyinstaller-1.5.1/pyinstaller.py --onefile -o > pyinstaller > > trunk/pacman.py > > > > That's with pyinstaller installed in a hidden folder in > my home > > directory. The -o argument is the output directory. So > this compiles my > > game located at "trunk/pacman.py" into a single binary, > saving it into > > the "pyinstaller" folder. > > > > I've not managed to have any success with alternatives > like py2app or > > py2exe. > > > > Oh, and one caveat, the exit() function doesn't work > with Pyinstaller, > > use sys.exit() instead. > > > > -- Sam Bull <sambull.org> > > PGP: 9626CE2B > > >
