I have just prepared simple script importing some module and printing something:
from clicknium import clicknium as cc
print(cc.edge.browsers)
So I have created the venv, installed clicknium (pip3 install clicknium==0.1.9).
After that I have prepared spec file:
pyi-makespec spec_file_name script_name.py
After running the command with created .spec file:
pyinstaller spec_file_name.spec
The pyinstaller is creating the .exe file.
After running the .exe I got an error:
System.IO.FileNotFoundException: Unable to find assembly 'C:\Users\user_1\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI197042\clicknium\.lib\automation\ClickniumJavaBridge-32.dll'
Of course I understand the error but I'm not sure how to fix it.
When I has some problems with missing files I have added it by using --add-data while making the spec file. But It's not working for me with .dll files.
clicknium==0.1.9
pyinstaller==5.4.1
Update
Right now I'm using velow command to create .spec file:
pyi-makespec --onefile --add-data="C:\Users\...\project_name\venv\Lib\site-packages\clicknium\.lib\automation\*;clicknium\.lib\automation" --name app app.py
The error above is fixed but there is something new.
The code below causes the error:
clr.AddReference(Apath)
System.BadImageFormatException: Could not load file or assembly 'file:///C:\Users\user_1\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEIxxxxxx\clicknium\.lib\automation\ClickniumJavaBridge-32.dll' or one of its dependencies. The module was expected to contain an assembly manifest.
So as I understand the .dll file is still not visible there and clicknium is still looking for the dll files in Temp files.
clicknium supplied package project/folder function, can generate the exe.
you can refer to this: https://www.clicknium.com/documents/tutorial/vscode/project_management
first, in vscode, run command "Clicknium: Create Project", you can select the current folder;
then, run command "Clicknium: Package Project", it will generate the exe file
Sometimes you have to add *.dll files to your build process in the *.spec file
Look here, there is a lot of discussion about it:
Bundling data files with PyInstaller (--onefile)
If it not work for you try using other options like one file:
pyi-makespec -F script_name.py spec_file_name
also the order need to be the script first
pyi-makespec script_name.py -n spec_file_name
So, I've had some trouble setting up my application through Inno setup Compiler, at first I assumed it was a problem within Inno itself but on further inspection I think it is my actual exe. I am able to create a working exe file that runs my program properly but only on my own pc. I am able to create the setup file that also works through Inno setup but it only works on my own pc. I have sent both the actual exe file and the Inno setup file to another computer and downloaded it there and ran it, both meet the same "Fatal Error: failed to run script tk_app.py". Therefore, the problem must be that I have not been able to pavkage the app properly with pyinstaller.
My prgoram has 5 files in total (all in the same folder): main.py, file1.py, file2.py file3.py, tk_app.py
All of them importing each other and using python libraries. I know that pyinstaller supports librarires such as pandas, tkinter and many more without needing the --hidden-impoort= command and that it will pick up all files within the program if there are files that are importing each other.
So I use the file tk_app.py (which contains my tkinter UI and imports main.py which then goes onto import file1.py which import another file so on)
The pyinstaller command line I use to make the exe is as follows:
PS C:\Users\ripta\Desktop\CODING\CSV_Upload> pyinstaller -w --hidden-import=bs4 --hidden-import=fake_useragent --hidden-import=urllib.prase --hidden-import=urllib.request --hidden-import=os --hidden-import=pandas.io.parsers --icon=trademark_icon.ico --onefile tk_app.py
My question is, will pyinstaller tell me when it needs a given --hidden-import='name' when running becuase it doesn not throw up any errors and does produce a spec file, a build folder and a dist folder containing the exe file.
I have noticed that it throws up WARNINGs or Exceptions (also not sure why it mentions django as I do not import or use it at all inthe application) :
59182 INFO: Loading module hook 'hook-django.db.backends.py' from 'c:\\users\\ripta\\appdata\\local\\programs\\python\\python36-32\\lib\\site-packages\\PyInstaller\\hooks'... 61711 WARNING: Hidden import "django.db.backends.__pycache__.base" not found! 61712 INFO: Loading module hook 'hook-django.py' from 'c:\\users\\ripta\\appdata\\local\\programs\\python\\python36-32\\lib\\site-packages\\PyInstaller\\hooks'... Traceback (most recent call last): File "<string>", line 21, in walk_packages File "c:\users\ripta\appdata\local\programs\python\python36-32\lib\site-packages\django\contrib\gis\admin\__init__.py", line 5, in <module>
Or show Hidden-import not found (Of imports I have no idea about):
149329 WARNING: Hidden import "pkg_resources.py2_warn" not found! 149330 WARNING: Hidden import "pkg_resources.markers" not found!
The fact that the script fails to run on any other computer besided my own leads me to think that it must be lacking a dependency that is only found on my computer, therefore I am not using pyinstaller correctly but am not too sure where exactly I am making the mistake.
First I've uninstalled Setuptools and reinstalled it with specific version. Then, I've imported pkg_resources.py2_warn as hidden import :
pip uninstalled setuptools
pip install --upgrade 'setuptools<45.0.0'
pyinstaller --hidden-import='pkg_resources.py2_warn' tk_app.py
It worked for me.
I tried using pyinstaller to get my .py file into an exe, but I cannot get the geemap package to bundle with it.
I am now trying to use py2exe, and I can see geemap is included in the library.zip file.
However, I get the following error when running the exe, and have tried importing http2lib already...
ImportError: cannot import name 'socks' from 'httplib2 (C:\...\library.zip\httplib2\__init__.pyc)'
I wrote a simple application which uses selenium to nagivate through pages and download their source code. Now I would like to make my application Windows-executable.
My setup.py file:
from distutils.core import setup
import py2exe, sys, os
sys.argv.append('py2exe')
setup(
options = {'py2exe': {'bundle_files': 1,
"dll_excludes": ['w9xpopen.exe', 'MSVCP90.dll', 'mswsock.dll', 'powrprof.dll', 'MPR.dll', 'MSVCR100.dll', 'mfc90.dll'],
'compressed': True,"includes":["selenium"],
}
},
windows = [{'script': "main.py", "icon_resources": [(1, "hacker.ico")]}],
zipfile = None
)
My program (main.py) (with setup.py file) is located in C:\Documents and Settings\student\Desktop. Py2exe builds my exe in C:\Documents and Settings\student\Desktop\dist.
I copied both webdriver.xpi and webdriver_prefs.json files to C:\Documents and Settings\student\Desktop\dist\selenium\webdriver\firefox\, but I'm getting the error when trying to launch my application:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "main.py", line 73, in <module>
File "main.py", line 58, in check_file
File "main.py", line 25, in try_to_log_in
File "selenium\webdriver\firefox\webdriver.pyo", line 47, in __init__
File "selenium\webdriver\firefox\firefox_profile.pyo", line 63, in __init__
IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'C:\\Documents and Settings\\student\\Desktop\\dist\\main.exe\\selenium\\webdriver\\firefox\\webdriver_prefs.json'
How to solve this?
Actually, it worked with such setup.py file:
from distutils.core import setup
import py2exe, sys, os
sys.argv.append('py2exe')
wd_path = 'C:\\Python27\\Lib\\site-packages\\selenium\\webdriver'
required_data_files = [('selenium/webdriver/firefox',
['{}\\firefox\\webdriver.xpi'.format(wd_path), '{}\\firefox\\webdriver_prefs.json'.format(wd_path)])]
setup(
windows = [{'script': "main.py", "icon_resources": [(1, "hacker.ico")]}],
data_files = required_data_files,
options = {
"py2exe":{
"skip_archive": True,
}
}
)
But the problem is I need to build SINGLE executable.
Have you tried to have a look at this answer for the "bundle_files = 1" problems? It helped me solving that specific problem.
TL;DR --Please check out this tool I built: https://github.com/douglasmccormickjr/PyInstaller-Assistance-Tools--PAT
Might I suggest using PyInstaller instead of py2exe or anything else for that matter since PyInstaller does a far better job in terms of bundling a single executable. I'm on Windows about 90% of the time (no complaints here) with my python coding-- PyInstaller is a way better option than py2exe (for me at least -- I've used/test a great deal of Windows compilers in the past with varied success). Maybe other people suffering from compiling issues could benefit from this method as well.
PyInstaller Prerequisites:
Install PyInstaller from: http://www.pyinstaller.org/
After PyInstaller installation-- confirm both "pyi-makespec.exe" and "pyi-build.exe" are in the "C:\Python##\Scripts" directory on your machine
Download my PyInstaller-Assitance-Tools--PAT (it's just 2 batch files and 1 executable with the executable's source python file too -- for the paranoid)...The file are listed above:
Create_Single_Executable_with_NO_CONSOLE.bat
Create_Single_Executable_with_CONSOLE.bat
pyi-fixspec.exe
pyi-fixpec.py (optional -- this is the source file for the executable -- not needed)
Place the exectuable file called "pyi-fixspec.exe" inside the previous "Scripts" folder I mentioned above...this makes compiling much easier in the long run!
let's get it working now...some slight code changes to your python application
I use a standard function that references the location of applications/scripts that my python application needs to utilize to work while being executed/operated. This function operates both when the app is a standalone python script or when it's fully compiled via pyinstaller.
Here's the piece of code I use...
def resource_path(relative_path):
""" Get absolute path to resource, works for dev and for PyInstaller """
if hasattr(sys, '_MEIPASS'):
return os.path.join(sys._MEIPASS, relative_path)
return os.path.join(os.path.abspath("."), relative_path)
and here's my app using it....
source = resource_path("data\my_archive_file.zip")
that means the app/files look something like this in terms of directory structure:
C:\Path\To\Application\myscript_001.py <--- main application/script intended to be compiled
...
C:\Path\To\Application\data\my_archive_file.zip <---|
C:\Path\To\Application\data\images\my_picture.jpg <---| supporting files in the bundled app
C:\Path\To\Application\info\other_stuff.json <---|
...
Please note that the data/files/folders I'm bundling for my app are below the main executable/script that I'll be compiling...the "_MEIPASS" part in the function lets pyinstaller know that it's working as a compiled application...VERY IMPORTANT NOTE: Please use the function "resource_path" since the "pyi-fixspec.exe" application will be looking for that phrase/function while parsing/correcting the python application pathing
Goto the directory containing the 2 batch files mentioned above and type in either:
Option #1
C:\MyComputer\Downloads\PAT> Create_Single_Executable_with_NO_CONSOLE.bat C:\Path\to\the\python\file.py
The output executable file results in a GUI app when double clicked
Option #2
C:\MyComputer\Downloads\PAT> Create_Single_Executable_with_CONSOLE.bat C:\Path\to\the\python\file.py
The output executable file results in a WINDOWS CONSOLE app when double clicked -- expects commandline activity ONLY
Your new single-file-executable is done! Check for it in this location
C:\Original\Directory\ApplicationDistribution64bit\NameOfPythonFile\dist
If you do edit/change the original python file that has just been previously compiled, please delete the folder/contents of **\NameOfPythonFile** prior to next compile kickoff (you'll want to delete the historical/artifact files)
Coffee break -- or if you wany to edit/add ICONS to the executable (and other items too), please look at the generated ".spec" file and PyInstaller documentation for configuration details. You'll just need to kick off this again in the windows console:
pyi-build.exe C:\path\to\the\pythonfile.spec
You can build a single executable, which will run natively, by using Nuitka. It converts the Python code into C++ and then compiles it.
http://nuitka.net/
It does, however, require that you have a compiler installed. The appropriate versions of either Microsoft Visual C++ or GCC. Microsoft released "Microsoft Visual C++ Compiler for Python 2.7", which can be obtained here at https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=44266.
A nice installer of MinGW GCC for windows can be found at https://github.com/develersrl/gccwinbinaries with detailed instructions, including which MSVCRTXX.dll version to link with for which version of Python.
Things you will gain from this method of executable generation:
Doing this generates machine code, so it will be more difficult, but not impossible, to reverse engineer. Simply using Py2exe or PyInstaller, which are great for their intended use, only packages the byte compiled Python code, which is easily decompiled (http://www.simonroses.com/2013/10/appsec-myths-about-obfuscation-and-reversing-python/), into a zip appended executable.
Your application will also gain a bit of a speed boost. I wrote a blog post about this kind of thing at (I DO NOT receive money from click throughs or ads).
https://jaredfields83.wordpress.com/2015/12/21/squeezing-more-juice-from-python/.
The problem you have is that selenium is trying to open a file in a way that is not directly compatible with py2exe.
As you can see at line 63 here, selenium must open a preferences file that is usually shipped with the package. It uses the __file__ variable to find it, which doesn't play well with py2exe. As you have found, it is possible to work around that by also packaging up the prefs file in your distribution. However, that is now more than one file.
The py2exe wiki then has a recipe to use NSIS that will build a self-extracting executable of your complete distribution.
So I'm just trying to create an exe from a simple hello world program using py2exe. I have created the setup file (setup.py) with the following code:
from distutils.core import setup
import py2exe
setup(console=['hello.py'])
(I have also tried setup(console=[{"script":'hello.py'}]) as per another suggestion )
I run cmd as an administrator and type C:\python27\setup.py py2exe
It then says:
error: hello.py: No such file or directory
I have the hello.py file in the same folder as the setup file. Looked at many different forums and py2exe tutorials and none seem to have answers, any help would be greatly appreciated.
You have to first navigate to that directory and then make the python call:
C:>cd C:\python27
C:\python27>python setup.py py2exe
Note: your hello.py script should also be in C:\python27 directory.