Why Do I get an ImportError when building a .exe with pyinstaller?

Question

I just created a small GUI program that compiles and works fine in IPython, but when I try to export it to a .exe using pyinstaller it gives me an import error.

Answer 1

its better to use spec file to import another hidden libraries maybe cause the problem. I list all Sklearn libraries and add to spec file as a hiddenimports like this:

  # -*- mode: python -*-

block_cipher = None


a = Analysis(['MyPythonApplication.py'],
             pathex=['..\\ApplicationFolder'],
             binaries=[],
             datas=[],
             hiddenimports=['cython', 'sklearn', 'sklearn.ensemble', 'sklearn.neighbors.typedefs', 'sklearn.neighbors.quad_tree', 'sklearn.tree._utils'],
             hookspath=[],
             runtime_hooks=[],
             excludes=[],
             win_no_prefer_redirects=False,
             win_private_assemblies=False,
             cipher=block_cipher)
pyz = PYZ(a.pure, a.zipped_data,
             cipher=block_cipher)
exe = EXE(pyz,
          a.scripts,
          exclude_binaries=True,
          name='ExeFileName',             
          debug=False,
          strip=False,
          upx=False,
          console=False )
coll = COLLECT(exe,
               a.binaries,
               a.zipfiles,
               a.datas,
               strip=False,
               upx=True,
               name='ApplicationName')