When using Pyinstaller 2.0 syntax error in pyinstaller-2.0/PyInstaller/lib/macholib/util.py

Question

I have just installed PyInstaller 2.0 and I have been attempting to use it to create an executable of a python script. However, from terminal, when I cd into the directory pyinstaller-2.0 and run the command directed in the included README text file as follows:

python pyinstaller.py Path/to/my/application.py

I receive an error message, that seems to indicate a syntax error in one of the PyInstaller files:

File "pyinstaller.py", line 26, in <module>
    import PyInstaller.build
  File "/Desktop/pyinstaller-2.0/PyInstaller/build.py", line 30, in <module>
    import bindepend
  File "/Desktop/pyinstaller-2.0/PyInstaller/bindepend.py", line 30, in <module>
    from PyInstaller.depend import dylib
  File "/Desktop/pyinstaller-2.0/PyInstaller/depend/dylib.py", line 149, in <module>
    from PyInstaller.lib.macholib import util
  File "/Desktop/pyinstaller-2.0/PyInstaller/lib/macholib/util.py", line 136
    except (IOError, os.error) as why:
                                ^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax

Is there a step I am missing? Is this a common error? I am using Python 2.5.1 on Mac OSX 10.5.8.

Answer 1

Python 2.5 does not use the except Exception as name: format. Use except Exception, name: instead.

For more information see http://docs.python.org/2.5/tut/node10.html