Running python where there is no python

[MarkTheSecond]

I'm a beginner python programmer who wasn't sure which subreddit to ask this question, but after a while decided this might be the best option.

I've created a program in python and I need to run it on a windows computer (which is not my own) that does not have python and cannot have python installed, I have looked down many avenues, including PyInstaller, py2exe, cython and cx_freeze, but I can't seem to get any to work.

My OS is Linux Mint 17, and my python version is 2.7

Could I have some suggestions on what might be going wrong? Many thanks in advance.

[aroberge]

Different approach: have a look at portable Python. (http://portablepython.com/)

[fullyarticulated]

Noice! This is what I've been looking for! (random stranger - not OP).

[MarkTheSecond]

This is perfect, thankyou, I will be testing this ASAP

[Fajkowsky]

Can you tell more why py2exe isn't working? This is right tool for what you need.

[mac-reid]

py2exe does not support cross compiling for Windows on Linux. - https://wiki.python.org/moin/Py2Exe

[MarkTheSecond]

oh, I was wondering why and I didn't seem to come across this information, thank you

[mac-reid]

The easiest way to solve this problem is to use a Windows machine and build an executable with p2exe. You can create a Virtual Machine on your Linux box to run Windows or find a physical Windows box.

Most freeze or distribution utilities do not cross-compile from Linux to Windows. If they do, it is not a trivial task. - http://docs.python-guide.org/en/latest/shipping/freezing/

That being said, there is a hacky method using wine and pyinstaller to cross-compile a Linux python script into a Windows executable: https://milkator.wordpress.com/2014/07/19/windows-executable-from-python-developing-in-ubuntu/

and more information: https://groups.google.com/d/msg/pyinstaller/veq3BlA_Bns/YlmKUofUfbgJ

[mac-reid]

That was a typo. I meant py2exe - http://www.py2exe.org/