Notes on freezing with Windows

This page collects some notes after a successful freezing of HDF Compass on a Mac OS X running Yosemite. The notes assume a ideally clean machine, and they guide you to create a setup that is mainly based on brew.

Python Installation

• install Anaconda from https://www.continuum.io/downloads.
• From Anaconda prompt: conda install --upgrade pip setuptools matplotlib wxpython xml pydap gdal=1.11

Install WxPython

• There is a known issue in installing the official package from: https://sourceforge.net/projects/wxpython/files/wxPython/3.0.2.0/
• A working solution is to follow these instructions or you can try to use the package that was created based on them.

Install shapely

• pip install https://github.com/Toblerity/Shapely/archive/master.zip
• conda install -c scitools cartopy

Install BAG

• pip install hydroffice.bag

HDF Compass installation

• clone the HDF Compass repository (e.g., with SourceTree)
• install it in dev mode: pip install -e .
• test if it works: python HDFCompass.py

HDF Compass freezing

• pip install pyinstaller
• pip install --upgrade setuptools==19.2
• Update HDFCompass.1file.spec with path to mkl dlls: a.binaries + [('my_lib.dll', 'path/to/dll', 'BINARY')]
• pyinstaller --clean -y --hiddenimport-FixTk HDFCompass.1file.spec
• test if it works: ./dist/HDFCompass_0.6.0b3