It's recommended to use a virtual environment to package Python executables. Use the following guide on how to set one up: https://docs.python.org/3/tutorial/venv.html

Once the virtual environment is active you should install tcod, PyInstaller, and pypiwin32 if on Windows from the requirements.txt file:

pip install -r requirements.txt

Then run PyInstaller on the included Spec file:

PyInstaller main.spec

The finished build will be placed in the dist/ directory.

You can also build to one file using the following command:

PyInstaller main.spec --onefile

Single file distributions have performance downsides so it is preferred to distribute a larger program this way.

For tcod it is recommended to set the PYTHONOPTIMIZE=1 environment variable before running PyInstaller. This disables warnings for tcod's deprecated functions and will improve the performance of those functions if you were using them.

The PyInstaller documentation can be found at: https://pythonhosted.org/PyInstaller/