Pyinstaller: No module named 'scipy'

Question

I'm trying to use Pyinstaller to bundle a script that uses Scipy (specifically, the interp1d function from scipy.interpolate)

Though it normally works for me fine in Python, I get the error ImportError: No module named 'scipy'

I tried it with a simple script that just imports the package

import scipy

The Pyinstaller code is

pyinstaller path/to/code.py

I've also tried with hidden-import but no luck.

I know there are other questions out there about importing specific functions from Scipy, but shouldn't I be able to import the main package?

Answer 1

I would install everything carefully with anaconda: first download/install anaconda from www.anaconda.com

then in the anaconda prompt for windows and in a terminal for others:

conda install scipy

... (conda install what you need)

conda install -c conda-forge pyinstaller

and pyinstaller.... (what you need)