Overcoming PyInstaller Pitfalls

Python

When using PyInstaller to package an application to a self-containing bundle you might run into some pitfalls: Pitfall 1: PyInstaller overwrites spec file The first time you run pyinstaller you run it with pyi-makespec my_module.py instead of pyinstaller my_module.py pyi-makespec will generate a my_module.spec which you can alter. Afterwards you just ran pyinstaller my_module.spec to…