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I'm trying to build a one-file EXE with PyInstaller which is to include an image and an icon. I cannot for the life of me get it to work with --onefile.
If I do --onedir it works all works very well. When I use --onefile, it can't find the referenced additional files (when running the compiled EXE). It finds the DLLs and everything else fine, just not the two images.
I've looked in the temp-dir generated when running the EXE (\Temp\_MEI95642\ for example) and the files are indeed in there. When I drop the EXE in that temp-directory it finds them. Very perplexing.
This is what I've added to the .spec file
a.datas += [('images/icon.ico', 'D:\\[workspace]\\App\\src\\images\\icon.ico', 'DATA'), ('images/loaderani.gif','D:\\[workspace]\\App\\src\\images\\loaderani.gif','DATA')] I should add that I have tried not putting them in subfolders as well, didn't make a difference.
Edit: Marked newer answer as correct due to PyInstaller update.
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When we specify the onefile option, to the PyInstaller, it unpacks all the files to a TEMP directory, executes the file, and later discard the TEMP folder. When you specify the add-data option along with onefile, then you need to read the data referred to in the TEMP folder.
You can add binary files to the bundle by using the --add-binary command option, or by adding them as a list to the spec file. In the spec file, make a list of tuples that describe the files needed. Assign the list of tuples to the binaries= argument of Analysis.
PyInstaller can bundle your script and all its dependencies into a single executable named myscript ( myscript.exe in Windows). The advantage is that your users get something they understand, a single executable to launch.
Newer versions of PyInstaller do not set the env variable anymore, so Shish's excellent answer will not work. Now the path gets set as sys._MEIPASS:
def resource_path(relative_path): """ Get absolute path to resource, works for dev and for PyInstaller """ try: # PyInstaller creates a temp folder and stores path in _MEIPASS base_path = sys._MEIPASS except Exception: base_path = os.path.abspath(".") return os.path.join(base_path, relative_path) If you love us? You can donate to us via Paypal or buy me a coffee so we can maintain and grow! Thank you!
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