Can not run .exe packed by pyinstaller

Question

I am using pyfiglet in my project and when compiling the .exe it returns

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "pkg_resources\__init__.py", line 358, in get_provider
KeyError: 'pyfiglet.fonts'
During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "Dragon_Game.py", line 5, in <module>
  File "pyfiglet\__init__.py", line 65, in figlet_format
  File "pyfiglet\__init__.py", line 820, in __init__
  File "pyfiglet\__init__.py", line 827, in setFont
  File "pyfiglet\__init__.py", line 126, in __init__
  File "pyfiglet\__init__.py", line 139, in preloadFont
  File "pkg_resources\__init__.py", line 1133, in resource_exists
  File "pkg_resources\__init__.py", line 360, in get_provider
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'pyfiglet.fonts'

I can't seem to figure out why it won't work, the .py and .pyc files work fine.

i suggest to use auto-py-to-exe https://pypi.org/project/auto-py-to-exe/ it comes with a GUI and very easy to use. — , Oct 28 '20 at 23:43
@ketzoomer I am using pyinstaller Dragon_Game.py from its directory — unbeatable101, Oct 28 '20 at 23:52

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 29 '20 at 07:43

You should probably add pyfiglet to your data list in your spec file. You can do this yourself, by editing the spec file. Otherwise, you could build with something like

pyinstaller --add-data "venv\Lib\site-packages\pyfiglet;./pyfiglet" Dragon_Game.py

Where the path leads to the pyfiglet file inside your PC/environment.

See this question.

Can not run .exe packed by pyinstaller

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