Getting import error when I try to compile with cx_freeze

Question

I have multiple python files which have modules I've created in them. The files depend on each other for modules.

Currently, I have all of them in one folder

main.py  
readfile.py  
pronunciation.py  
meaning.py  
classes.py

The only modules I've used are the inbuilt random (Which I'm not sure how to add in either). Here is my current code

from cx_Freeze import setup,Executable

includefiles = []
includes = ['classes.py','pronunciation.py','readfile.py','meaning.py']
excludes = []
packages = []

setup(name = 'Revision',
      version = '0.1',
      description = 'Revision program for studying',
      author = '',
      author_email = '',
      options = {'build_exe': {'includes': includes,'excludes':excludes,'packages':packages,'include_files':includefiles}},
      executables = [Executable('main.py')])

From this, I'm getting an ImportError, saying that the module classes.py does not exists (It is imported in meaning.py), how do I fix this? Also, I'm worried that cx_freeze might not import random.

Am on windows too, btw.

Answer 1

try to replace

includes = ['classes.py','pronunciation.py','readfile.py','meaning.py']

with

includes = ['classes','pronunciation','readfile','meaning']

this list contains modules to be imported during building. In Python we don't specify *.py extension in imports.

BTW. In Python's terms *.py files = modules, it's the same.