Compiling Python
python yourfile.py
You have to have python installed first. It will automatically compile your file into a .pyc binary, and then run it for you. It will automatically recompile any time your file changes.
If you just want to compile sources, without running them, you can do this
compileall.py <directory>this command will compile python code in that directory recursively
compileall script is usually located in directory like
/usr/local/lib/python2.6i.e. <prefix>/lib/python2.6 (or similar, depending on prefixes set a python configuration)
As Lulu suggests, you should make sure that resulting .pyc and .pyo files are executable by the users you care about.
compileall can also be used as a module
import compileallcompileall.compile_dir(path)