How to use with Pyinstaller

[keck-in-space]

Hello,

I'm having some trouble trying to use DPG with Pyinstaller. I can create the executable, but upon running it I get a ModuleNotFound error.

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "test.py", line 7, in <module>
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'dearpygui.dearpygui'

The code works if I just run it with python test.py. Note I am in a venv.

[hoffstadt]

I believe @Mstpyt may be able to help with this. I have not used pyinstaller personally.

[Mstpyt]

I worked with that:

pyinstaller --onefile --noconsole YourstartExecutable.py --name=YourName

But most of the time i use Nuitka now:

    os.system(f"python -m nuitka --mingw64 --onefile "
              f"--windows-icon-from-ico=../res/images/logo_small_icon_only_inverted.ico "
              f"--plugin-enable=numpy "
              f"--enable-plugin=anti-bloat "
              f"--noinclude-pytest-mode=nofollow "
              f"--noinclude-setuptools-mode=nofollow "
              f"--plugin-enable=pylint-warnings "
              f"--plugin-enable=tk-inter "
              f"--windows-disable-console  "
              f"../main.pyw")
              ```

Important to know, you have to copy your resources like images, fonts etc. with your folder into the .exe folder, otherwise you will crash your app

[qizheng-1998]

Can you please explain where is the exe folder located at? Everything run without any error. Until I start the app, it crashed without showing anything, but it definitely does some code because I can see the additional stuff in the folder.

[AleMercadal]

For those still experiencing issues, make sure PyInstaller is running from the correct virtual environment. In my case, PyInstaller was installed globally, while dearpygui was only available within my virtual environment (venv), which caused the module to go undetected.

Activate your virtual environment before running PyInstaller, and ensure that PyInstaller is also installed within that environment.

To verify, run which pyinstaller (or the equivalent command for your system); it should show a path within your venv (e.g., .../venv/bin/pyinstaller). If it does not, PyInstaller may lack access to the modules installed in the venv.