Pyinstaller on a setuptools package

Question

I\'m attempting to run PyInstaller on a CLI app I am building in Python using the Click library. I\'m having trouble building the project using PyInstaller. PyInstaller has

Answer 1

This error:

pkg_resources.DistributionNotFound: The 'myapp' distribution was not found and is required by the application

indicates that this package is not on PYTHONPATH. I fixed it on Windows with:

set PYTHONPATH=.

adjust to your OS of choice.

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In addition to the path problem, there is:

In setup.py:

setup(
    entry_points = '''
        [console_scripts]
        myapp=myapp.main:entry_point
    ''',

In main.spec:

a = Entrypoint('myapp', 'console_scripts', 'myapp')

According to setup.py, it looks like your entry point is myapp.main not myapp. So you may need:

a = Entrypoint('myapp', 'console_scripts', 'myapp.main')