Packaging a Python script on Linux into a Windows executable

As mentioned by other answerers, the cross-compilation feature is removed from PyInstaller since 1.5. Here, show how to package a Windows executable from Python scripts using PyInstaller under wine.

Step 1: Install wine and Python

sudo apt-get install winewine msiexec /i python-2.7.10.msi /L*v log.txt

PS:

• Newer Python versions already include pip (is used to install pyinstaller). Download Python installation package from here (e.g., python-2.7.10.msi)

• For macos users, use brew cask install xquartz wine-stable.

Step 2: Install PyInstaller on wine

$ cd ~/.wine/drive_c/Python27$ wine python.exe Scripts/pip.exe install pyinstallerSuccessfully installed pyinstaller-3.1.1 pypiwin32-219

Step 3: Package Python scripts

Package Python scripts (e.g., HelloWorld.py) with pyinstaller.

$ wine ~/.wine/drive_c/Python27/Scripts/pyinstaller.exe --onefile HelloWorld.py# filename: HelloWorld.py#!/usr/bin/env python# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-print('Hello World!')

The Windows executable file is located in dist/.

$ wine dist/HelloWorld.exe Hello World!fixme:msvcrt:__clean_type_info_names_internal (0x1e24e5b8) stub

Refer to here for the detailed description.

Did you look at PyInstaller?

It seems that versions through 1.4 support cross-compilation (support was removed in 1.5+). See this answer for how to do it with PyInstaller 1.5+ under Wine.

Documentation says:

Add support for cross-compilation: PyInstaller is now able to build Windows executables when running under Linux. See documentation for more details.

I didn't try it myself.

I hope it helps

You could run Windows in VirtualBox in order to run py2exe. VBox offers a powerful command-line client for automating tasks, so it something that you could likely integrate into your development process with ease.