Cannot open an exe file

Question

import extruct 

def main():
    input("Hello")

if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()

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This is the code that I converted into an exe file with pyinstaller. If I open this file now, the exe crashes directly. At the bottom is the message:

FileNotFoundError: [WinError 3] The system cannot find the specified path: 'C:\Users\test\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI801802\mf2py\backcompat-rules'"

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It is definitely because I am importing "extruct". But I need this library for the correct code. Does anyone know how I can fix this error?

Answer 1

I got it to work... these are the steps I took. Im using windows. On another operating system the only changes that need to be made are the virtual environment path to the bakcompat-rules directory.

1. create a new empty directory and copy and paste your code into main.py file
2. py -m venv venv
3. venv/Scripts/activate
4. py -m pip install --upgrade pip pyinstaller extruct
5. pyinstaller -F main.py
6. This will create a main.spec file. open it and at the top paste the following

import os
data = []
parent = "./venv/Lib/site-packages/mf2py/backcompat-rules/"
for item in os.listdir(parent):
    path = os.path.join(parent, item)
    target = parent
    data.append((path, "mf2py/backcompat-rules"))

7. in same file in Analysis signature change datas=[], to datas=data,
8. pyinstaller main.spec
9. dist/main.exe

And it should run fine.