Building the Knossos Cuber

The Knossos Cuber is a python tool used to create KNOSSOS datasets from image stacks. Its dependencies are:

• Python 2
• PyQt4 for Python 2
• numpy
• scipy
• pillow

Building an executable for Windows

To create an .exe file for Windows you need the dependencies mentioned above and follow these steps:

• Install py2exe

• In the directory with the knossos_cuber_gui.py create a setup.py with following content:

    from distutils.core import setup
    import py2exe
  
    setup(
        windows=['knossos_cuber_gui.py'],
        options={"py2exe" : {"includes" : ["sip"]}}
        )
  

• Install Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable Package (x86). This will contain a msvcp90.dll.

• Copy the msvcp90.dll into the directory containing the setup.py

• Now run python setup.py py2exe. The resulting binary will be in the newly created dist folder.