Auto PY to EXE
The only tool that we are gonna be using is Auto PY to EXE!
Auto PY to EXE is an amazing application for making .exe file out of your project whether it is one .py file or any number of them.
The application has a nice gui and looks like this:
How to start
Step 1. Installation
Installing using PyPI:
To install the application run this line in cmd:
pip install auto-py-to-exe
To open the application run this line in cmd:
auto-py-to-exe
Note: if you have any problems installing this way or you want to install it from GitHub go to the main page or watch this instructional video by the developer of "Auto PY to EXE" himself.
For more additional information use this
"Issues When Using auto-py-to-exe"
Step 2. Converting
There are few main options you need to choose:
- Pick your .py file
- Pick "One Directory" or "One File" option
- Pick additional files
1. Pick your .py file
If you have multiple files choose one that starts the program.
2.1. "One Directory" option
Pretty simple. When choosing "One Directory" option "Auto PY to EXE" will put all dependencies in one folder. You can choose Output directory in "Advanced" menu. If you have media files like icons and backgrounds you shouldn't have any problems using them inside your .exe if you place media files/folders in the Output directory.
Something like this:
2.2. "One File" option
When choosing "One File" option "Auto PY to EXE" will create one .exe file containing all dependencies but NOT MEDIA FILES. If your program has only default Windows gui with no icons, backgrounds, media files or you are OK with placing media folder near .exe file feel free to skip the following explanation. For those who want to pack media files into .exe file itself read paragraph 3.
3. Pick additional files
There is a menu in "Auto PY to EXE" called "Additional Files" that lets you add files of your choice. There is a catch though. "Auto PY to EXE" uses pyinstaller which unpacks the data into a temporary folder and stores this directory path in the _MEIPASS environment variable. Your project won't find necessary files because the path changed and it won't see the new path either. In other words, if option "One File" is chosen picked files in the "Additional Files" menu will not be added to .exe file. To work around this you should use this code provided by developer of Auto PY to EXE here
def resource_path(relative_path):
""" Get absolute path to resource, works for dev and for PyInstaller """
try:
# PyInstaller creates a temp folder and stores path in _MEIPASS
base_path = sys._MEIPASS
except Exception:
base_path = os.path.abspath(".")
return os.path.join(base_path, relative_path)
To use this code in your project replace the link to the media file you have now
For example:
setWindowIcon(QIcon('media\icons\logo.png'))
with
setWindowIcon(QIcon(resource_path('logo.png'))
Now the link will be referenced correctly and chosen files successfully packed into .exe file.
For comparison:
Possible link before
"C:\Users\User\PycharmProjects\media\icons\logo.png"
Possible link after
"C:\Users\User\AppData\Local\Temp\\_MEI34121\logo.png"
Press CONVERT .PY TO .EXE
Wait
Step 3. Run your program!
Now everything is done!
Run it. Test it. See what`s up.
Make sure everything works well.
You made One Directory
Every file you need should be in the single directory.
You made One File
This way you should have single .exe file. If you had a need and if done correctly your .exe file will be packed with all media inside it. You will not need any media files/folders present with .exe file for it to display them properly.
P.S.
If you have any feedback or suggestions on what important information should be added feel free to let me know!
This guide is not a description of every possible option done every possible way.
I hope you found that information useful!
Good luck with your projects!
Top comments (95)
mv somefile.py somefile.exe😛
😛
Hey buddy, thanks for creating this. I have a problem though: in my python script I call several files that are in the current working directory, based on relative paths to simplify it. Once it's compiled to the exe, it seems that the program goes to the root folder of the computer as an absolute route. This kind of defeats the object since my program has to run in a folder with other files being added and removed.
What can I do to force the .exe to work on relative paths exactly the same way I have my script?
thanks
Hi!
1.What I usually do is get an absolute path so the script\scripts always know where they are
2.If the main script is looking in the wrong place for other scripts then probably your imports are not correct.
Try to use this resource
realpython.com/absolute-vs-relativ...
Hope that I helped in some way
Great post!
I load variables from a config.py file. How would I enable users to modify this file OUTSIDE the .exe?
Hi!
Don't pack it into .exe file. Leave it outside .exe. It should work that way.
Thanks for your quick response!
How can I leave the config.py file outside? I feel that PyInstaller loads the config.py file, compiles it into the exe and then has this fixed state in the program. I need to be able to modify the config file, after compiling.
How do I instruct PyInstaller to leave the config.py file separate?
You are right about fixed state. What PyInstaller remembers is the name of the file. So if you paste the same file with different content(some .txt maybe) it will work with it just fine because it thinks it is the same file.
That would be amazing and a super easy solve. Problem: I cannot find the config.py in the folder that was created by PyInstaller. Actually I can't find any of the modules I import. Are they merged into the .exe file?
You should add files manually sometimes. Try copying config there. It should work.
It does not work. When I manually add the config.py, the file is added - yes. But when I change variables in the file, nothing changes in the program. The .exe does not load data from the config.py
Make sure you added the fie to Auto PY to EXE additional files menu for it to be compilated with .exe.
I changed my config file to .json and now it works. Even with adding the file manually, it does NOT work when the file is .py (the file was in the folder, but changing settings did not reflect in the script).
Can you please suggest on how to do this? I have converted the python codes to exe using pyinstaller. I kept the input python file wthout converting to .exe so that the main exe can read from it. But when i change the values in the input python file I have to again use pyinstaller and do the convertion of main python file.
I love the idea of the program - thanks!
Everything seemed to go great - testing with just one file - moved it to my Windows 10 PC, and got the error message shown in the screen grab.
I hope this is fixable and that there's something simple I didn't do!
The image didn't seem to want to load. Here's what it said ...
"The program or feature cannot start due to incompatibnility
with 64-bit versions of Windows. Please contact the software vendor
to ask if a 64-bit Windows compatible version is available."
Hi!
Probably you used Python x32 or some library that is x32. Check for that, then recompile.
Excellent - thanks for the suggestion - I'll get to work!
cheers, Rick
Unable to create exe from my .py file... could you help me out, I am relatively new to python or any other programming language for that matter.
Hi!
Please provide screenshots of errors or some code so I can help.
Hi, thank you for the quick response. I have attached the screenshots, attaching them again....
pasting the output for your reference:
Running auto-py-to-exe v2.7.11
Building directory: C:\Users\Srini\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpp_j94zui
Provided command: pyinstaller --noconfirm --onefile --console "C:/Users/Srini/AppData/Local/qFactor/.spyproject/qFactor_finalVersion-working-beforemoving.py"
Recursion Limit is set to 5000
Executing: pyinstaller --noconfirm --onefile --console C:/Users/Srini/AppData/Local/qFactor/.spyproject/qFactor_finalVersion-working-beforemoving.py --distpath C:\Users\Srini\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpp_j94zui\application --workpath C:\Users\Srini\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpp_j94zui\build --specpath C:\Users\Srini\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpp_j94zui
22730 INFO: PyInstaller: 4.1
22735 INFO: Python: 3.7.9
22739 INFO: Platform: Windows-10-10.0.18362-SP0
22749 INFO: wrote C:\Users\Srini\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpp_j94zui\qFactor_finalVersion-working-beforemoving.spec
22761 INFO: UPX is not available.
22769 INFO: Extending PYTHONPATH with paths
['C:\Users\Srini\AppData\Local\qFactor\.spyproject',
'C:\Users\Srini\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpp_j94zui']
22815 INFO: checking Analysis
22820 INFO: Building Analysis because Analysis-00.toc is non existent
22825 INFO: Initializing module dependency graph...
22838 INFO: Caching module graph hooks...
22877 INFO: Analyzing base_library.zip ...
26058 INFO: Processing pre-find module path hook distutils from 'C:\Users\Srini\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37\lib\site-packages\PyInstaller\hooks\pre_find_module_path\hook-distutils.py'.
26063 INFO: distutils: retargeting to non-venv dir 'C:\Users\Srini\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37\lib'
27755 INFO: Caching module dependency graph...
27864 INFO: running Analysis Analysis-00.toc
27903 INFO: Adding Microsoft.Windows.Common-Controls to dependent assemblies of final executable
required by C:\Users\Srini\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37\python.exe
28052 INFO: Analyzing C:\Users\Srini\AppData\Local\qFactor.spyproject\qFactor_finalVersion-working-beforemoving.py
28558 INFO: Processing pre-safe import module hook six.moves from 'C:\Users\Srini\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37\lib\site-packages\PyInstaller\hooks\pre_safe_import_module\hook-six.moves.py'.
30204 INFO: Processing pre-safe import module hook urllib3.packages.six.moves from 'C:\Users\Srini\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37\lib\site-packages\PyInstaller\hooks\pre_safe_import_module\hook-urllib3.packages.six.moves.py'.
An error occurred while packaging
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Users\Srini\Desktop\auto-py-to-exe-master\auto_py_to_exe\packaging.py", line 131, in package
run_pyinstaller()
File "C:\Users\Srini\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37\lib\site-packages\PyInstaller_main.py", line 114, in run
run_build(pyi_config, spec_file, **vars(args))
File "C:\Users\Srini\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37\lib\site-packages\PyInstaller__main.py", line 65, in run_build
PyInstaller.building.build_main.main(pyi_config, spec_file, **kwargs)
File "C:\Users\Srini\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37\lib\site-packages\PyInstaller\building\build_main.py", line 720, in main
build(specfile, kw.get('distpath'), kw.get('workpath'), kw.get('clean_build'))
File "C:\Users\Srini\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37\lib\site-packages\PyInstaller\building\build_main.py", line 667, in build
exec(code, spec_namespace)
File "C:\Users\Srini\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpp_j94zui\qFactor_finalVersion-working-beforemoving.spec", line 17, in
noarchive=False)
File "C:\Users\Srini\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37\lib\site-packages\PyInstaller\building\build_main.py", line 242, in __init_
self.postinit()
File "C:\Users\Srini\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37\lib\site-packages\PyInstaller\building\datastruct.py", line 160, in postinit
self.assemble()
File "C:\Users\Srini\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37\lib\site-packages\PyInstaller\building\build_main.py", line 413, in assemble
priority_scripts.append(self.graph.run_script(script))
File "C:\Users\Srini\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37\lib\site-packages\PyInstaller\depend\analysis.py", line 304, in run_script
pathname)
File "C:\Users\Srini\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37\lib\site-packages\PyInstaller\lib\modulegraph\modulegraph.py", line 1424, in run_script
self._scan_code(m, co, co_ast)
File "C:\Users\Srini\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37\lib\site-packages\PyInstaller\lib\modulegraph\modulegraph.py", line 2658, in _scan_code
self._process_imports(module)
File "C:\Users\Srini\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37\lib\site-packages\PyInstaller\lib\modulegraph\modulegraph.py", line 2857, in _process_imports
target_module = self._safe_import_hook(*import_info, **kwargs)[0]
File "C:\Users\Srini\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37\lib\site-packages\PyInstaller\lib\modulegraph\modulegraph.py", line 2313, in _safe_import_hook
target_attr_names=None, level=level, edge_attr=edge_attr)
File "C:\Users\Srini\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37\lib\site-packages\PyInstaller\lib\modulegraph\modulegraph.py", line 1497, in import_hook
source_package, target_module_partname, level)
File "C:\Users\Srini\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37\lib\site-packages\PyInstaller\lib\modulegraph\modulegraph.py", line 1654, in _find_head_package
target_module_headname, target_package_name, source_package)
File "C:\Users\Srini\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37\lib\site-packages\PyInstaller\depend\analysis.py", line 442, in _safe_import_module
module_basename, module_name, parent_package)
File "C:\Users\Srini\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37\lib\site-packages\PyInstaller\lib\modulegraph\modulegraph.py", line 2066, in _safe_import_module
module = self._load_module(module_name, pathname, loader)
File "C:\Users\Srini\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37\lib\site-packages\PyInstaller\lib\modulegraph\modulegraph.py", line 2174, in _load_module
self._scan_code(m, co, co_ast)
File "C:\Users\Srini\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37\lib\site-packages\PyInstaller\lib\modulegraph\modulegraph.py", line 2658, in _scan_code
self._process_imports(module)
File "C:\Users\Srini\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37\lib\site-packages\PyInstaller\lib\modulegraph\modulegraph.py", line 2857, in _process_imports
target_module = self._safe_import_hook(*import_info, **kwargs)[0]
File "C:\Users\Srini\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37\lib\site-packages\PyInstaller\lib\modulegraph\modulegraph.py", line 2313, in _safe_import_hook
target_attr_names=None, level=level, edge_attr=edge_attr)
File "C:\Users\Srini\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37\lib\site-packages\PyInstaller\lib\modulegraph\modulegraph.py", line 1498, in import_hook
target_module = self._load_tail(target_package, target_module_partname)
File "C:\Users\Srini\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37\lib\site-packages\PyInstaller\lib\modulegraph\modulegraph.py", line 1717, in _load_tail
submodule = self._safe_import_module(head, mname, submodule)
File "C:\Users\Srini\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37\lib\site-packages\PyInstaller\depend\analysis.py", line 442, in _safe_import_module
module_basename, module_name, parent_package)
File "C:\Users\Srini\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37\lib\site-packages\PyInstaller\lib\modulegraph\modulegraph.py", line 2066, in _safe_import_module
module = self._load_module(module_name, pathname, loader)
File "C:\Users\Srini\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37\lib\site-packages\PyInstaller\lib\modulegraph\modulegraph.py", line 2174, in _load_module
self._scan_code(m, co, co_ast)
File "C:\Users\Srini\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37\lib\site-packages\PyInstaller\lib\modulegraph\modulegraph.py", line 2658, in _scan_code
self._process_imports(module)
File "C:\Users\Srini\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37\lib\site-packages\PyInstaller\lib\modulegraph\modulegraph.py", line 2857, in _process_imports
target_module = self._safe_import_hook(*import_info, **kwargs)[0]
File "C:\Users\Srini\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37\lib\site-packages\PyInstaller\lib\modulegraph\modulegraph.py", line 2313, in _safe_import_hook
target_attr_names=None, level=level, edge_attr=edge_attr)
File "C:\Users\Srini\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37\lib\site-packages\PyInstaller\lib\modulegraph\modulegraph.py", line 1497, in import_hook
source_package, target_module_partname, level)
File "C:\Users\Srini\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37\lib\site-packages\PyInstaller\lib\modulegraph\modulegraph.py", line 1654, in _find_head_package
target_module_headname, target_package_name, source_package)
File "C:\Users\Srini\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37\lib\site-packages\PyInstaller\depend\analysis.py", line 442, in _safe_import_module
module_basename, module_name, parent_package)
File "C:\Users\Srini\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37\lib\site-packages\PyInstaller\lib\modulegraph\modulegraph.py", line 2066, in _safe_import_module
module = self._load_module(module_name, pathname, loader)
File "C:\Users\Srini\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37\lib\site-packages\PyInstaller\lib\modulegraph\modulegraph.py", line 2174, in _load_module
self._scan_code(m, co, co_ast)
File "C:\Users\Srini\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37\lib\site-packages\PyInstaller\lib\modulegraph\modulegraph.py", line 2658, in _scan_code
self._process_imports(module)
File "C:\Users\Srini\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37\lib\site-packages\PyInstaller\lib\modulegraph\modulegraph.py", line 2857, in _process_imports
target_module = self._safe_import_hook(*import_info, **kwargs)[0]
File "C:\Users\Srini\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37\lib\site-packages\PyInstaller\lib\modulegraph\modulegraph.py", line 2313, in _safe_import_hook
target_attr_names=None, level=level, edge_attr=edge_attr)
File "C:\Users\Srini\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37\lib\site-packages\PyInstaller\lib\modulegraph\modulegraph.py", line 1497, in import_hook
source_package, target_module_partname, level)
File "C:\Users\Srini\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37\lib\site-packages\PyInstaller\lib\modulegraph\modulegraph.py", line 1654, in _find_head_package
target_module_headname, target_package_name, source_package)
File "C:\Users\Srini\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37\lib\site-packages\PyInstaller\depend\analysis.py", line 442, in _safe_import_module
module_basename, module_name, parent_package)
File "C:\Users\Srini\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37\lib\site-packages\PyInstaller\lib\modulegraph\modulegraph.py", line 2066, in _safe_import_module
module = self._load_module(module_name, pathname, loader)
File "C:\Users\Srini\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37\lib\site-packages\PyInstaller\lib\modulegraph\modulegraph.py", line 2174, in _load_module
self._scan_code(m, co, co_ast)
File "C:\Users\Srini\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37\lib\site-packages\PyInstaller\lib\modulegraph\modulegraph.py", line 2658, in _scan_code
self._process_imports(module)
File "C:\Users\Srini\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37\lib\site-packages\PyInstaller\lib\modulegraph\modulegraph.py", line 2857, in _process_imports
target_module = self._safe_import_hook(*import_info, **kwargs)[0]
File "C:\Users\Srini\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37\lib\site-packages\PyInstaller\lib\modulegraph\modulegraph.py", line 2523, in _safe_import_hook
edge_attr=edge_attr)
File "C:\Users\Srini\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37\lib\site-packages\PyInstaller\lib\modulegraph\modulegraph.py", line 1514, in import_hook
target_module, target_attr_names):
File "C:\Users\Srini\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37\lib\site-packages\PyInstaller\lib\modulegraph\modulegraph.py", line 1808, in _import_importable_package_submodules
attr_name, submodule_name, package)
File "C:\Users\Srini\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37\lib\site-packages\PyInstaller\depend\analysis.py", line 442, in _safe_import_module
module_basename, module_name, parent_package)
File "C:\Users\Srini\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37\lib\site-packages\PyInstaller\lib\modulegraph\modulegraph.py", line 2066, in _safe_import_module
module = self._load_module(module_name, pathname, loader)
File "C:\Users\Srini\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37\lib\site-packages\PyInstaller\lib\modulegraph\modulegraph.py", line 2174, in _load_module
self._scan_code(m, co, co_ast)
File "C:\Users\Srini\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37\lib\site-packages\PyInstaller\lib\modulegraph\modulegraph.py", line 2658, in _scan_code
self._process_imports(module)
File "C:\Users\Srini\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37\lib\site-packages\PyInstaller\lib\modulegraph\modulegraph.py", line 2857, in _process_imports
target_module = self._safe_import_hook(*import_info, **kwargs)[0]
File "C:\Users\Srini\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37\lib\site-packages\PyInstaller\lib\modulegraph\modulegraph.py", line 2313, in _safe_import_hook
target_attr_names=None, level=level, edge_attr=edge_attr)
File "C:\Users\Srini\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37\lib\site-packages\PyInstaller\lib\modulegraph\modulegraph.py", line 1498, in import_hook
target_module = self._load_tail(target_package, target_module_partname)
File "C:\Users\Srini\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37\lib\site-packages\PyInstaller\lib\modulegraph\modulegraph.py", line 1717, in _load_tail
submodule = self._safe_import_module(head, mname, submodule)
File "C:\Users\Srini\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37\lib\site-packages\PyInstaller\depend\analysis.py", line 431, in _safe_import_module
hook_module.pre_safe_import_module(hook_api)
File "C:\Users\Srini\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37\lib\site-packages\PyInstaller\hooks\pre_safe_import_module\hook-urllib3.packages.six.moves.py", line 33, in pre_safe_import_module
raise SystemExit("pre-safe-import-module hook failed, needs fixing.")
SystemExit: pre-safe-import-module hook failed, needs fixing.
Project output will not be moved to output folder
Complete.
Thanks.
I have not encountered this one myself, but here is what I found
readthedocs.org/projects/pyinstall...
Search for "pre_safe_import_module". There is a description of the method that might help you.
If that doesn't help I would personally look for libs that may be broken or have a potential of being incorrectly imported.
Hi Eshleron, thank you for taking time and looking in to it. I managed to resolve the issue.
I was unsure of the conflict so have installed python from scratch on a new virtual machine and tried creating exe without installing any packages.
Glad you got it fixed!
So now I have encountered "SystemExit: pre-safe-import-module hook failed, needs fixing." error myself. I've tried "babel.numbers" solution, didn't help. What helped me solve it was a combination of google search and intuition.
My error was something like this: "PyInstaller\hooks\pre_safe_import_module\hook-urllib3.packages.six.moves.py", line 33, in pre_safe_import_module"
First, as the internet suggested, I uninstalled "usual" Pyinstaller and installed Pyinstaller dev with:
pip install https://github.com/pyinstaller/pyinstaller/archive/develop.zip.That took care of this problem.
But then the second problem emerged: "ImportError: Module 'pywintypes' isn't in frozen sys.path". That was solved by excluding pywin32 from imports in Auto-py-to-exe (Pyinstaller).
I hope this helps someone sometime!
Good luck coding!
I have a question.
In my python code, I use pyqt5, openpyxl, pandas.
And I load some data from excel and take picture using cam and save the picture in same path.
My code works well in my spyder, but it doesn't work when I made exe file.
Should I have to add more options?
Hi! What exactly doesn't work when you run it as .exe?
More explain about excel file, I need to read and write the excel file.
GUI Wrapper for PyInstaller! Gonna try
Hello,
I wrote an automation PY script. The script is working fine when tested on my IDE.
I created .exe file through your guide.
I lunched the application it opened fine. Everything was complete.
The problem is that when I tried to run automation it will open the web browser but will not automate anything.
Is they a way you can help me out
Hi!
Send me an error code if sometime there will be one.
List all libs you use. I think one of them works that way.
And try to launch your app from cmd, see if there is anything there.
I have fixed it using Auto py to exe.
I had to add some codes and move some files. It works now. But when I install it I can't find the software lunch icon on Desktop . Had to always go to my folder to lunch it. Is they a way to have it on my Desktop
Glad you fixed it!
I dont remember this option being there. I think by default it saves the result near initial script location.
Hi there! Thanks a lot for this beautiful article.
But when I try to run auto-py-to-exe I am getting this error:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Users\Muhammad Hashim\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38\Scripts\auto-py-to-exe-script.py", line 6, in
from pkg_resources import load_entry_point
File "C:\Users\Muhammad Hashim\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38\lib\site-packages\pkg_resources_init.py", line 3251, in
def _initialize_master_working_set():
File "C:\Users\Muhammad Hashim\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38\lib\site-packages\pkg_resources__init.py", line 3234, in _call_aside
f(*args, **kwargs)
File "C:\Users\Muhammad Hashim\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38\lib\site-packages\pkg_resources__init.py", line 3263, in _initialize_master_working_set
working_set = WorkingSet._build_master()
File "C:\Users\Muhammad Hashim\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38\lib\site-packages\pkg_resources__init.py", line 583, in _build_master
ws.require(requires)
File "C:\Users\Muhammad Hashim\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38\lib\site-packages\pkg_resources__init.py", line 900, in require
needed = self.resolve(parse_requirements(requirements))
File "C:\Users\Muhammad Hashim\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38\lib\site-packages\pkg_resources__init_.py", line 786, in resolve
raise DistributionNotFound(req, requirers)
pkg_resources.DistributionNotFound: The 'Eel==0.11.0' distribution was not found and is required by auto-py-to-exe
Hi!
It says you need Eel 0.11.0. Try to install/reinstall Eel and launch auto-py-to-exe again.
Thanks a lot !!!
This looks great! I do want to give a quick shout-out to Nim
If you're looking to build performant executables and Python is what you're really comfortable, I think you'll find Nim's syntax pleasingly similar; and the performance improvements are real 😀
I'm a VERY inexperienced python user, but have built a couple of very basic scripts with an small interactive UI (using Tkinter/pyodbc).
My question is - once the script is converted to .exe and distributed to the users (who will save and launch from the desktops), do they need to have anything else installed, or is the .exe truly fully self contained?
My goal is to be able to write a script, convert to an executable, send to my users, and have them use that for some basic daily work.
Thanks!
Hi! To use .exe an end user doesn't need anything. Once it's .exe and not .py format your script should be usable without any additional software. Check for correct paths if you're opening smt inside your program.
But make sure (if you work with SQL DB) that it's packed with evething it needs. I haven't tried to work with DB and PyInstaller so I dont know how it will be able to pack it. I guess to PyInstaller it's just the same library as any other.
Thank you for the reply!
It seems that that's not always the case, and the converted .exe doesn't always contain the same stuff.
For example, and I apologize for not having the code and error messages anymore... I had a script (in PyCharm) that pulled a 2 values from a SQL table, then just subtracted them and printed out the difference (up to the thenth position). It worked fine, but once I converted it, I received an error that the "Decimal" module/library could not be found. I never called "Decimal", but one of my colleagues said it was part of the standard python installation. So we assumed the issue, then, was that the "Decimal" library/module/package was excluded from the final build.
I've since been unable to resolve this problem and built the app using something else, but I'd love to try again sometime.
Hello @eshleron First of all thanks for creating this wonderful GUI App which would help developers convert their scripts, which again propose a GUI App, into a user friendly app!
I've made so many apps using pyinstaller and cx_freeze whichever whenever needed. They're truly a blessing!
Now basically I've created a tkinter script which shows the user latest News and Weather updates using API_KEYS(one for news and the other for weather)... And now when I'm packaging it (by adding all the extra scripts and files it'd need) into an exe file using pyinstaller or cx_freeze... Both the exe files show errors related to the API_KEY of weather app while the script works perfectly fine! I'm attaching images of the errors from both packagers
The above image is of the error from the Pyinstaller Exe file
The above image is of the error from the Cx_Freeze Exe file (KeyError 'aadarsh' means that the name I gave to my api_key in the config file)
I have gone through most of the google advices which were from Github, StackOverflow, and many likely sites... I've added snippets to my requests library files and also in the pyinstaller hook folder as per the advices but no change could be found in every other exe file created.... (well the hook advice was helpful earlier when i worked with pydocx library and pyinstaller)
Also please tell me how to contact you by messaging... I need help regarding other programming stuffs too! This one is urgent though
Hi!
Thank you for the kind words regarding the app. Unfortunately for me I am not the author but I completely share your excitement and gratitude towards one.
As for the errors. I think the path solution is worthy of trying first (you can find it in this article under "one file" section)
Try it and see where it leeds.
Hi,
I'ma first time use and can't get the program to work (I know I'm missing something) - can you help?
Output from the command prompt:
Mulhall@Mulhall-PC MINGW64 /e/python/projects/weighted-kappa/newexe (master)
$ auto-py-to-exe
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "", line 41, in
File "", line 36, in walk_packages
File "", line 36, in walk_packages
File "", line 20, in walk_packages
File "c:\users\mulhall\appdata\local\programs\python\python38-32\lib\site-packages\django\contrib\gis\admin_init.py", line 5, in
from django.contrib.gis.admin.options import GeoModelAdmin, OSMGeoAdmin
File "c:\users\mulhall\appdata\local\programs\python\python38-32\lib\site-packages\django\contrib\gis\admin\options.py", line 2, in
from django.contrib.gis.admin.widgets import OpenLayersWidget
File "c:\users\mulhall\appdata\local\programs\python\python38-32\lib\site-packages\django\contrib\gis\admin\widgets.py", line 3, in
from django.contrib.gis.gdal import GDALException
File "c:\users\mulhall\appdata\local\programs\python\python38-32\lib\site-packages\django\contrib\gis\gdal__init_.py", line 28, in
from django.contrib.gis.gdal.datasource import DataSource
File "c:\users\mulhall\appdata\local\programs\python\python38-32\lib\site-packages\django\contrib\gis\gdal\datasource.py", line 39, in
from django.contrib.gis.gdal.driver import Driver
File "c:\users\mulhall\appdata\local\programs\python\python38-32\lib\site-packages\django\contrib\gis\gdal\driver.py", line 5, in
from django.contrib.gis.gdal.prototypes import ds as vcapi, raster as rcapi
File "c:\users\mulhall\appdata\local\programs\python\python38-32\lib\site-packages\django\contrib\gis\gdal\prototypes\ds.py", line 9, in
from django.contrib.gis.gdal.libgdal import GDAL_VERSION, lgdal
File "c:\users\mulhall\appdata\local\programs\python\python38-32\lib\site-packages\django\contrib\gis\gdal\libgdal.py", line 39, in
raise ImproperlyConfigured(
django.core.exceptions.ImproperlyConfigured: Could not find the GDAL library (tried "gdal204", "gdal203", "gdal202", "gdal201", "gdal20"). Is GDAL installed? If it is, try setting GDAL_LIBRARY_PATH in your settings.
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "c:\users\mulhall\appdata\local\programs\python\python38-32\lib\site-packages\gevent_ffi\loop.py", line 268, in python_check_callback
def python_check_callback(self, watcher_ptr): # pylint:disable=unused-argument
KeyboardInterrupt
2020-05-10T16:08:25Z
Many thanks
Peter
Hi!
I'm not sure what the problem is. Try to reinstall GDAL as error message says or Django itself.
I can't install it :
Command ""c:\program files (x86)\python37-32\python.exe" -u -c "import setuptools, tokenize;file='C:\Users\NATHAN~1\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-d_n5yima\future\setup.py';f=getattr(tokenize, 'open', open)(file);code=f.read().replace('\r\n', '\n');f.close();exec(compile(code, file, 'exec'))" install --record C:\Users\NATHAN~1\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-record-oaye_ir1\install-record.txt --single-version-externally-managed --compile" failed with error code 1 in C:\Users\NATHAN~1\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-d_n5yima\future\
You are using pip version 18.1, however version 19.1.1 is available.
You should consider upgrading via the 'python -m pip install --upgrade pip' command.
I've try to upgrade pip but i can't uninstall my last version
It's not pip version problem I think. I would reinstall pip or python(if nothing helps) if googling doesn't help. Couple months passed since you asked, probably you already have a solution.
hey when I add the dll files using add files drop down and create the exe , when i try to open the exe it says "failed to compile the exe file_name" , can you please help out with this it urgent as well Thank you so much in advance
Hi! Can you please send some screenshots?
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