no module named pkg_resources.py2_warn pyinstaller
Solution 1
This is an issue with setuptools
as explained in this github ticket. Consider downgrading your setuptools
to 44.0 or below with the command
pip install --upgrade 'setuptools<45.0.0'
Solution 2
As of 7/16/2020, upgrading setuptools now resolves this error. Downgrading setuptools like the other answers prescribe is not necessary anymore. See this discussion
On Win10, upgrade with
pip3 install setuptools --upgrade
However as Vikramaditya said, downgrading below ver 45.0.0 works too.
Solution 3
Use PyInstaller --hidden-import=pkg_resources.py2_warn my_script.py
to fix this. Same applies to most ModuleNotFoundError
s.
That hidden module was added in setuptools version 45.0.0
and removed in 49.0.0
so either downgrading below or upgrading above will also fix it.
Please do not fix this by putting import pkg_resources.py2_warn
at the top of your code as others have done as this will obviously break if you change your setuptools version to be outside the above range.
This issue will be fixed permanently in version 4.0
of PyInstaller once we eventually get round to releasing it.
Solution 4
Uninstall setuptools before you downgrade tips: Some functions may be affected
Comments
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Nagabhushan S N almost 2 years
I'm trying to make an executable file (
.exe
file for windows) for the code here. The main file to run issrc/GUI.py
. I found that pyinstaller is a better option to create the exe file.I tried both one folder and single executable file options. I tried creating the exe from root directory and as well as in
src
directory.pyinstaller src/GUI.py pyinstaller src/GUI.py -F cd src pyinstaller GUI.py pyinstaller GUI.py -F
GUI.exe
gets created with all the above methods. But whenever I tried to run theGUI.exe
file, I get the errorno module named pkg_resources.py2_warn pyinstaller
. I tried runningGUI.exe
in thedist
directory where it is created, in the root directory and in thesrc
directory as well. Everywhere, I get the same error. How can I fix this?PS: Ideally I would like to have a single
.exe
file which I can distribute and they can run it standalone, without any need to install dependencies or recreating the folder structure. But I got to know that pyinstaller only packages the code files and I've to share the images separately and when running the exe file, the same structure has to be recreated. I'm okay with this as well. I'm even okay to share the one folder exe as well. I just want to share a file or a folder, which users can run without installing any dependencies. Is it possible at all?PPS: I'm open to using tools other than pyinstaller as well.