PyInstaller, spec file, ImportError: No module named 'blah'

Question

I am trying to build a python script via PyInstaller. I have used the following commands to configure, generate a spec file, and build:

wget pyinstaller.zip         


        

Answer 1

just gonna add my 2 cents because I encountered the same problem today - 6 years later :D

For Windows:

1) cmd => rightclick => with admin rights
2) Enter in cmd: "pip install pyinstaller"
3) navigate in cmd to the folder of "yourMain.py"
4) Enter in cmd: "pyinstaller --onefile --windowed yourMain.py"

5) If you import other scripts / data in "yourMain.py": 
Manually enter the folder "dist" (gets created - where "yourMain.exe" should be by now), 
and copy your scripts or folder structure there

(e.g. /assets/sounds; /assets/graphics; /scripts; anotherscript.py )

Then I was able to run the exe by double clicking.

Turned out to be pretty easy. What did the trick for me was the "--onfile" and adding my other files to the "dist" folder.

The "--windowed" is just so the python command window won't pop up when you start the exe.