PyInstaller.md

Single executable with PyInstaller

Install PyInstaller

pip install pyinstaller

Build

We need to include the qml and config resources.

One file (but can do better single-file program with appimage):

pyinstaller main.py --name label-grab-exe --onefile --add-data label_grab/resources/:label_grab/resources

Directory:

pyinstaller main.py --name label-grab --add-data label_grab/resources/:label_grab/resources

Windows for some reason wants ; instead of :

# prepare Windows icon
magick label_grab/resources/label-grab-icon.svg -define icon:auto-resize=64,48,32,16 -background none build/label-grab-icon.ico
# single executable
pyinstaller main.py --name label-grab-win --add-data "label_grab/resources/;label_grab/resources" --icon build/label-grab-icon.ico --onefile
# directory
pyinstaller main.py --name label-grab-win --add-data "label_grab/resources/;label_grab/resources" --icon build/label-grab-icon.ico

AppImage

For Linux, turn the directory into a single executable using AppImage.

• Install appimagetool from https://github.com/AppImage/AppImageKit/releases.

pyinstaller main.py --name label-grab --add-data label_grab/resources/:label_grab/resources
cd dist/label-grab
ln -s label-grab AppRun # The entry point for AppImage is AppRun
ln -s label_grab/resources/label-grab.desktop .
ln -s label_grab/resources/label-grab-icon.svg . # The icon has to be in the top directory
cd ..
$ARCH="x86_64"
appimagetool label-grab
mv Label_Grab-x86_64.AppImage label-grab.AppImage