Using .pyc files instead .py with roslaunch [closed]

Question

I am working on a docker and using ROS 1 noetic as of now.

For certain reasons I do not want to distribute .py files as end user do not need to understand what is inside there. So I am using .pyc files generated using python module compileall.

When I try to launch .pyc file on the local machine with Ubuntu (not on the docker) it works perfectly fine. But when I put it inside the docker, it throws the following error while launching.

If it is a script, you may be missing a '#!' declaration at the top.

I have already provided execution permition to the file. Any idea what am I missing here?

[Update]

Progress.. A different error.. After updating CMakeLists.txt by adding following,

catkin_install_python(PROGRAMS 
  scripts/control_lib.pyc
  DESTINATION ${CATKIN_PACKAGE_BIN_DESTINATION}
)

Now I am getting RuntimeError: Bad magic number in .pyc file

But it doesn't make sense as file is compilled on the docker.

[Try it yourself]

Here is a simple example to reproduce the error. https://github.com/aarsht7/pyc_test

It contains simple talker node with python.

When used .py file in the roslaunch, it behaves as it should be. While usin .pyc file in roslaunch, it throws RuntimeError: Bad magic number in .pyc file