Hooks are files that specify additional actions when PyInstaller finds import statements. If you add a hook-data.py file which contains a line hiddenimports = [‘_proxy’, ‘utils’, ‘defs’], PyInstaller will check it to find additional imports when it sees import data. You have to specify the path to the hook directory via –additional-hooks-dir (this is useful … Read more
The reason is lack of fork() on Windows (which is not entirely true). Because of this, on Windows the fork is simulated by creating a new process in which code, which on Linux is being run in child process, is being run. As the code is to be run in technically unrelated process, it has … Read more
A repository on GitHub helped me to find a solution to my question. I’ve used the shutil module and .spec file to add extra data files (in my case, a config-sample.ini file) to dist folder using the PyInstaller –onefile option. Make a .spec file for PyInstaller First of all, I’ve created a makespec file with … Read more
Run with the -F flag to produce the standalone exe: pyinstaller -F helloworld.py It will output to dist/helloworld.exe NOTE this is a different location to when -F is not used, be sure to run the right exe afterwards.
same problem here: OS: Win10 Python: 3.7 pyinstaller installed by pip install pyinstaller fix by (same solution with above, by no need download): pip uninstall pyinstaller pip install https://github.com/pyinstaller/pyinstaller/archive/develop.zip
Both guides in the accepted answer seem outdated. PyInstaller now provides an executable script that allows you to do pyinstaller your_script.py wherever your_script.py is located – instead of the old mode of copying your your_script.py to wherever you copied the source code of PyInstaller. Here’s a brief, more recent guide that walks you through a … Read more
Suppose you had a file called create.py like def square (num) return num ** 2 Another file in the same directory called input.py from . import create def take_input(): x = input(“Enter Input”) return create.square(x) And finally your main.py from . import input if __name__ == ‘__main__’: ip = input.take_input() You will call the command … Read more
I accepted the answer above but I post here what I did step by step for complete beginners like me who easily get lost. Before I begin I post my complete test1.py example script with all the modules I actually need. My apologies if it is a bit more complex than the original question but … Read more
Their package name have caps in it (not sure if it’s very PEP8 tho..). This should work if you can’t find the pyinstaller executable script: python -m PyInstaller your_script.py
I did correctly configured my script path, I had to run python -m PyInstaller script.py in order for it to work For every script I have to follow this pattern, python -m [script name] [args] python version 3.10.0