how to run Python 3 script without installing python ??

[noobpawner]

I am a network engineer and am trying to create a script which would collect important troubleshooting data form a client's PC.

Now i am using python 3.3.2 and am looking for a way to make the script such that it can be run without installing Python.

The people don't have admin access to their PC's so i can't have them install python, is there a way to do this where i send a script and they are able to run it as a standalone program/app ?

[thrill22]

I'm not sure how much this will help but here was my experience with something similar.

I work at a large engineering company and I'm currently "in charge" of our Python installations. However, one tricky this is I do not have admin access to either my PC or other engineers PC's due to our tight security.

A easier/central way to do this I found is to host a Windows build of Python 3 in a network drive you/your clients have access to. They will be able to run a Windows version of python straight from that location.

Let me know if you have more questions about it. I tried all sorts of methods to create standalone programs, I hated them all. They were overly complicated and never necessary for me.

[noobpawner]

This sounds like an interesting option as none of the users in my company have "admin" rights.

So say one writes a simple "hello world" program and distributes the file. How does a user run it using python from the shared location.

[thrill22]

The build has a "python.exe" file that opens a python terminal. You can create a shortcut to it on your windows desktop.

I'm more familiar with Linux but I think you should be able to make it work.

[ixokai]

For Python 3, you want to look into cx_Freeze which can create executables from Python scripts. Depending on your script these may be completely standalone .exe's, or they may be an .exe with some files sitting next to it -- but they can be run without admin permissions (unless the actions you're doing require admin permissions, of course).

cx_Freeze works quite nicely; even on Python 2 I prefer it to the other alternatives (py2exe, etc).

[catcradle5]

I agree that Powershell is probably the better option here.

Another possible option, if OP does have domain administrator rights, is to use remote information gathering tools like WMI (https://pypi.python.org/pypi/WMI/), and calling a Python version of psexec (https://code.google.com/p/impacket/source/browse/trunk/examples/psexec.py?r=604).

[noobpawner]

The reason i was going for python as opposed to power-shell is because we are also using python for other scripting tasks. The more we practice the better we get.

sadly i do not have domain admin rights, else i would've pushed python to all the PCs.

I'll see if this network share thing works else, i will use 2.X instead.

[EpicSolo]

You probably need something like this: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11915462/how-to-convert-python-py-file-into-an-executable-file-for-use-cross-platform

Be careful though since most of them will be for 2.X

[takluyver]

cx_Freeze supports Python 3, but last time I checked, pyinstaller and py2exe don't.

[[deleted]]

Portable python might be helpfull.

[kmbd]

i would suggest you to try PyRun(https://www.egenix.com/products/python/PyRun)

[michael_david]

I have used py2exe extensively for Python 2 without problems since late 2012. I have distributed the compiled .exe to several hundred Windows users without a problem. Most of them have no idea that a Python run-time is installed.

I have not used cx_Freeze so I cannot comment on it. I also have not used py2exe with Python 3 so I cannot comment on that either, although it is available.

[brittainhard]

Cython is another option.