I would like to convert a python code with command line argument into windows executable using pyInstaller. I run my python program as follows
python myPython 1
Firstly i wonder that you don't get articles related to to this in your Google search.
First Install pyinstaller by running this command
pip install pyinstaller
For Additional Help
https://pyinstaller.readthedocs.io/en/stable/installation.html
Open command prompt, Now navigate to the directory in which your python file (using the cd command ) is located then enter the code
pyinstaller --onefile .py
This will create a standalone executable file (That i expect you are asking). Below is the link to a stackoverflow question you missed to read. Edit : in the same directory a folder name dist will get created which have your single executable.
How can I convert a .py to .exe for Python?
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If this is happening to you, the error (In this case) is a broken installation of pyinstaller or python, remove it from the computer and do a fresh reinstallation.
When trying to create a exe with pyinstaller, it works fine and the bundled .dll file is included an it unpacks the _MEI folder with the necesarry files the correct places. BUT i creates one called _MEIxxx but tries to open a _MEIxxY which does not exist (yes, both changes name everytime it is launched)
I cannot see anywhere you can manually set the name of the _MEI folder which would make it much easier.
The cmd command i am running is:
pyinstaller script.py --add-data "PATH TO DLL\python39.dll;test" -F --runtime-tmpdir .
reproducible problem:
creating a fresh .py project with python 3.9(i use pycharm)
include code of:
print("HI")
then in cmd use:
pyinstaller main.py -F (we want it to be a onefile exe)
Then the .exe file is copied to another pc
Here we run it with CMD to see the error output.
It returns the error:
Error loading Python DLL: "path to local\Temp\_MEIXXXX\python39.dll
the error (In this case) is a broken installation of pyinstaller or python, remove it from the computer and do a fresh reinstallation.
py file in which I am executing a .exe file created in C++ (is inside a "data" folder)
Python Code:
os.system("data\\time.exe")
When I use the pyinstaller with the --onefile attribute I can't find a way for my program to compile the .py file + the "data" with another .exe inside.
Does anyone know how to convert my entire program into a single .exe? in which I can run my python program and also my .exe from C++ inside?
(I have tried to test with the .spec and with the --add-data attribute but I can't find a way that is compatible with what I want to do)
I look forward to your response,
Thanks you very much <3
There is a program called auto-py-to-exe which creates an exe out of your program without requiring you to create a setup file. The interface is great and allows you to easily create and exe without creating a setup.py. This also allows you to package your app as a single exe, without any other files. Below is a screenshot:
You can install the program by typing into the command line:
python -m pip install auto-py-to-exe
You can run it by typing in:
auto-py-to-exe
To see more about auto-py-to-exe, please visit the PyPI page at https://pypi.org/project/auto-py-to-exe/.
I made a simple script that converts pdfs inside the current directory to images. I want to make it into a standalone .exe file so that someone who doesn't have python installed on his PC can use it.
The problem is that pyinstaller fails to include poppler to the exe file so pdf2image does not run correctly and the built exe fails. Here's the error message:
pdf2image.exceptions.PDFInfoNotInstalledError: Unable to get page
count. Is poppler installed and in PATH? [32024] Failed to execute
script bulk_pdf2img
I'm currently working on conda environment that has pyinstaller and pdf2image and poppler installed from conda install command. It works just fine when I execute the python script from the prompt but when the script is converted to exe, it raises the above error.
I tried the following approaches:
1. Add --add-data option
I tried to add poppler data by doing this.
$ pyinstaller --onedir --add-data="C:/Users/myusername/anaconda3/pkgs/poppler-0.89.0-h20e2fe3_4/Library/include/poppler/*;./poppler" bulk_pdf2img.py
Doesn't work.
2. Add additional-hooks-dir option
I added projectdirectory/hooks/hook-pdf2image.py that has
from PyInstaller.utils.hooks import collect_all
data, binaries, hiddenimports = collect_all('pdf2image')
inside and ran
$ pyinstaller --onefile --additional-hooks-dir=hooks bulk_pdf2img.py
Also doesn't work.
I googled almost every Stackoverflow question that is apparently having the exact same problem as I am but couldn't find any valid solution. What should I do now?
From the docs
You will then have to add the bin/ folder to PATH or use poppler_path = r"C:\path\to\poppler-xx\bin" as an argument in convert_from_path.
Now, if you are using the --onefile option of pyinstaller it will unpack all the files into a temporary folder during the execution, you might want to look into this answer and the related post, to get the path right.
You can do any of the following
Execute this at the beginning to add the bin folder of poppler to PATH.
os.environ["PATH"]+=os.pathsep+os.path.join('path/to/poppler','bin')
pdf2image.convert_from_path('path/to/pdf',poppler_path=r"path\to\poppler\bin")
I'm trying to run pyinstaller in python exe file in order to someone without python can use pyinstaller but no idea how to do it.
I tried import PyInstaller with other needed modules and convert this script to exe but I got error "The 'PyInstaller' distribution was not found and is required by the application". I also tried to pack PyInstaller exe file but didn't worked too. Python 3.6.5
Any ideas how to do it?
Unfortunately, what you're describing is not possible with PyInstaller. I submitted an issue on GitHub, and this is what one of the developers said:
Nope, this won't work.
PyInstaller internally uses a lot of sub-processes where it is assumed that sys.executable points to a python interpreter (e.g., here); this is not true in a frozen application, where it points to the frozen executable, which ends up in effectively endless recursion.
Even if this was not a problem, the frozen application includes only a subset of python environment, so it cannot be used to freeze an arbitrary script (not to mention the issue of 3rd party packages).
So whatever use case you have for this, it cannot be supported by PyInstaller.
check the requirements for the Pyinstaller from this link initially
https://pythonhosted.org/PyInstaller/requirements.html
Then install Pyinstaller by,
pip install pyinstaller
To create .exe file use this command for basically,
pyinstaller your_script.py
To run the created .exe
METHOD 1
Do double click the .exe file in your directory.
METHOD 2
In your cmd prompt load in to your current directory or project directory then do
: .\dist\your_script.exe
because the create .exe files are saved in dist folder inside to the project folder with the name of your script file names only.
I have a Python project that I want to convert into an executable. I have installed Pyinstaller. I only know how to convert one single script into .exe, but I have multiple packages with multiple python scripts.
The command line I used with success is:
pyinstaller --noupx --onefile --add-data="cprofiles.ui;." cprofiles_lmfit.py
pyinstaller manages relatively well the multiple '.py' files that you import, no need to cite them. Under the 'add-data' option, you list the non-py files and in my example, the 'cprofiles_lmfit.py' file is the one containing the main.
But as indicated here need help to compile python with pyinstaller (and in few other posts), I am a beginner with pyinstaller. I was never able to use the 'theano' module and I did not optimize. I still have to test the suggestions in the answer.
Converting the main script into .exe should solve the problem, use -onefile to convert it to one exe and rest of the .py files should be included.
1) Open the command prompt
2) Install pyinstaller
Pip install pyinstaller
3) Test your python script first just to check python script should work with normal
.py extension. Saurabh is the name of python file
python saurabh.py
4) Convert the python into executable file
pyinstaller --onefile Saurabh.py
Notice we have passed “–onefile” as a argument which tell pyinstaller to create only one file
5) Go to directory and navigate to the dist folder.
Prerequisite : Install PyQt5 to avoid error.
pip install PyQt5