Is it possible to bundle the python interpreter installer with main.py in an exe file? about spotibyeads

[daspartho]

In theory pyinstaller should bundle python interpreter. Anyone got any idea what's wrong?

[AnonymouX47]

The attempted automatic dependency installation tries to execute "pip3" command which would be unavailable on a system not having python3 installed.

Normally, the main program shouldn't even include dependency installation. It should be manually handled by the user or a separate script (probably a shell script) can be added for that.

Attempting dependency installation would be fatal on any system not having python installed.
I removed this in #29 commit 2e4ce41.

[AnonymouX47]

An alternative would be to bundle the 3rd-party libraries with the application but I'm not sure it's a good idea or if it'll even work properly.

[import-brain]

@AnonymouX47 @daspartho Bundling the 3rd-party libraries does seem good, but I'm surprised the PyInstaller-made exe won't recognize pip3 when it's called in the file.

[AnonymouX47]

It's trying to execute an external program... pip is not packaged with the program.

[daspartho]

Merged #29

[import-brain]

Merged #29

Perfect! So I can pull changes to my fork and get pyInstaller to work now?

[AnonymouX47]

As long as you have the dependencies installed, i think PyInstaller should automatically bundle them with the application.

Try using the --one-file option.

[AnonymouX47]

I think this discussion is better continued at #42, it's a broader version of this issue.