🐍 Executable Files

executable

Install module

pip install pyinstaller

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For Complex Project with whole structure

• Create a standard config file

pyinstaller bakend/main.py --onefile --windowed

• Should create a main.spec file in the root folder

• Ask ChatGPT what you need to add into the config file. Usually:

  • Where to find the frontend
  • Where to find the templates
  • Where to find any other files that are needed
  • Is a frontend needed?

• Create the exe file once the config is done

pyinstaller main.spec

Path trouble shooting

⚠️ You might run into issues regarding paths. This happens because the folder structure changes once you run the program from the executable file. You might wanna create a helper function to get the paths correct in dev and in exe mode:

def resource_path(relative_path: str) -> str:
    """
    Get absolute path to resource, works for dev and for PyInstaller bundle.
    """
    base_path = getattr(sys, "_MEIPASS", os.path.abspath("."))
    return os.path.join(base_path, relative_path)

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For Single File only

• Open the terminal in the same directory as the script

pyinstaller --onefile my_file.py

• Find the executables in the dist folder