make python script executable in linux

How to create a Linux executable file using python code - Stack Overflow

allow it to be executed. To do it, you must use the chmod command as follows: 

chmod +x youfile.py.

The +x add the right to be executed. 

Ubuntu doesn't know that he must use the python command to run it. To resolve this, we use the sha-bang line (for more information, see the wikipedia page): at the first line of your script, you must write #! program_to_use, in your case it's python.

Generally, we take benefit of the env variables, and use #! /usr/bin/env python, but you can also choose yourself the version of python you want, doing 

#! /usr/bin/pythonX.X where X.X is the version of python.