Pyinstaller "Failed to execute script pyiboot01_bootstrap"

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I'm using pyinstaller to produce an exectuable for a python program. But, whenever I try to use a generated executable, I get a message window that reads "Failed to execute script ...".

The command I'm running is pyinstaller -w run.py. But, when run with the --debug option a different error is made apparent. "Failed to execute script pyiboot-1_bootstrap". After this error it kills the program.

I tried with the -F option and that did not change the outcome. All the files I created for the project are in the same directory. I did get warnings that dll's weren't being included but I resolved that.

LukeDev · Accepted Answer · 2022-11-09T15:03:38.997

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Pyinstaller doesn't like the built in quit() function I was using.

Instead use sys.exit() to close the program.

See this question to see why sys.exit() is better practice for production code.

edited Nov 09 '22 at 15:03

answered Jul 10 '19 at 16:23

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What was the "quit()" function? Did you make it yourself or was it imported from somewhere? – Niko Föhr Mar 17 '20 at 11:55
I believe it was a python method – LukeDev Mar 11 '21 at 07:02

score 5 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 22 '20 at 17:32

What I found useful was to make an exe of my .py script in console mode and then run it. For a very short period of time, I saw an error message in the console window. I had to screenshot it to read completely. So one of the imports was missing from the folder in which I had my script. I opened cmd from the location bar of that folder (by typing cmd there) and imported modules using pip install <module_name>. Sorry for the long answer, I am a newbie.

Pyinstaller "Failed to execute script pyiboot01_bootstrap"

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