A set of scripts designed to streamline the process of downloading, creating a virtual environment, building, and extracting PyInstaller to prevent false-positive virus detections.
A venv is automatically created to build pyinstaller in the root of the project, so your python install is left untouched.
This utility is intended for use on Windows 8 or greater.
- Python (what ever is supported by pyinstaller at the time you are building it)
- Administrative privileges is required to run the scripts, however it will automatically elevate it for you.
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Clone this repository to a directory of your choice.
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Ensure you have Python installed on your Windows operating system (Windows 8 or higher).
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Ensure you have either MinGW or Chocolatey installed. (Chocolatey is used automatically to install MinGW64).
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Open a terminal inside the cloned directory.
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Run the command
python run.py. -
Once the process is complete, an Explorer window will open with the path to
custom_pyinstaller. -
You can then use this custom pyinstaller to
poetry add --editable PATH_TO_custom_pyinstallerorpip install PATH_TO_custom_pyinstallerto install in your current projectsvenv. The path should be in the root of the custom_pyinstaller folder pointing towards setup.py