Trying to use pyinstaller under python 3.11, and, recently started receiving error message about specific module/distribution

[Jacob Kruger]

Ok, last update for now - checked out the following page on 
pyinstaller.org, and, ended up posting to the mailing list, so, let's see:

https://pyinstaller.org/en/latest/when-things-go-wrong.html


Jacob Kruger
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On 2024/04/02 17:11, Barry wrote:
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>> On 1 Apr 2024, at 15:52, Jacob Kruger via Python-list <python-list at python.org> wrote:
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>> Found many, many mentions of errors, with some of the same keywords, but, no resolutions that match my exact issue at all.
> Try asking the pyinstaller developers. I think there is a mailing list.
>
> Barry
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>> As in, most of them are mentioning older versions of python, and, mainly different platforms - mac and linux, but, various google searches have not mentioned much of using it on windows, and having it just stop working.
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>> Now did even try shifting over to python 3.12, but, still no-go.
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>> If launch pyinstaller under python 3.10 on this exact same machine, pyinstaller runs - just keep that older version hovering around for a couple of occasional tests, partly since some of my target environments are still running older versions of python, but anyway.
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>> Also, not really relevant, but, cx_freeze is perfectly able to generate executables for this same code, but, then not combining all output into a single file - will stick to that for now, but, not always as convenient, and, still wondering what changed here.
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>> Jacob Kruger
>> +2782 413 4791
>> "Resistance is futile!...Acceptance is versatile..."
>>
>>
>>> On 2024/03/31 14:51, Barry wrote:
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>>>>> On 31 Mar 2024, at 13:24, Jacob Kruger via Python-list <python-list at python.org> wrote:
>>>> pkg_resources.DistributionNotFound: The 'altgraph' distribution was not found and is required by the application
>>> I think I have seen this error being discussed before…
>>>
>>> A web search for pyinstaller and that error leads to people discussing why it happens it looks like.
>>>
>>> Barry
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>>>
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