How to build Python project including dependencies?

Question

I have a few projects, all containing setup.py and requirements.txt. Is it possible to package a whole project in one single file including all requirements compiled and ready to install?

What I have tried:

python setup.py bdist_wheel

Builds a .whl file and puts it in the dist directory. The wheel does not contain any dependencies.

pip wheel -r requirements.txt -w wheelhouse

Builds wheels for every single requirement and puts it in the wheelhouse directory. Includes nicely compiled code for numpy for example (I know I have to build this on every platform I want it to run later on, that's fine).

Seems I am just missing the last piece of the puzzle.

That's not how Python packaging works: you don't bundle every dependency into one file, but have to install each one separately. — Quentin Pradet, Jun 03 '16 at 06:24
Related: [Build a wheel/egg and all dependencies for a python project](http://stackoverflow.com/q/26059111/95735) — Piotr Dobrogost, Sep 09 '16 at 15:41

score 3 · Accepted Answer · edited Oct 22 '20 at 13:33

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You probably want to take a look at tools like cx_Freeze or PyInstaller if you absolutely want one single file containing everything. Pip itself cannot do what you want.

edited Oct 22 '20 at 13:33

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answered Jun 03 '16 at 08:08

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How to build Python project including dependencies?

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