Creating a Windows executable on a Linux system

Cecil Westerhof Cecil at decebal.nl
Wed Jun 26 08:47:32 EDT 2019


"Peter Heitzer" <peter.heitzer at rz.uni-regensburg.de> writes:

> Cecil Westerhof <Cecil at decebal.nl> wrote:
>>I need to write a Python desktop program. I create it on a Linux
>>system, but it has to run on a Windows system. When looking at how to
>>create an executable it seems that you need to be on a Windows system
>>to create a Windows executable. Is this true, or is it possible to
>>create a Windows executable on a Linux system?
>
>>Any pointers about best practice creating a standalone executable are
>>welcome.
> Is using a portable Python installation an option?

That is not supported anymore. But they pointed to WinPython. I will
look into that/ One important thing is that the application uses
openpyxl and tkinter.

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