Question

I have designed a small application in Python under Windows, that uses opencv.
I amm trying to create an executable so that anyone can install and use it, without having to install python/opencv/numpy . . .

I tried to use py2exe for this. It actually creates a .exe file, even though I have a warning during the build :

*** copy dlls ***
copying C:\Windows\system32\MSVFW32.dll -> 
...
The following modules appear to be missing
['cv2.cv']

When I try to run the .exe file using the command line, I see the message :

ImportError: numpy.core.multiarray failed to import

My setup.py file is pretty simple :

# creating executable here
from distutils.core import setup
import py2exe, sys, os

sys.argv.append('py2exe')

setup(
    options = {'py2exe': {'bundle_files': 1}},
    console=['facemovie.py'],
    zipfile = None,
)

Any idea how I can solve this?
This is the very first time I want to deploy, and I may be missing something.

Thanks !

Answer 1

Thanks karlphilip, you put me on the tracks.

I wanted to avoid the “change my software utility” solution, so I stuck with py2exe.

Actually, opencv was correctly found, but the library itself has a numpy dependancy, which was not detected.

So my working solution is finally :
options = {‘py2exe’: {‘bundle_files’: 1, ‘includes’: ‘numpy’ } },

The final executable is pretty big, but running smoothly.

I did not try on another computer, that does not have the software installed though, so there might be surprises to come.

Thank you both for your help.