How to create kivy applications for desktop in linux?

[coutinh...@gmail.com]

Good afternoon people.

I want to create in linux (Ubuntu 20.04) an application in Kivy and KivyMD to work independently, if it were on Windows it would be an .exe

It happens that I using pyinstaller it creates the file and in the Dist folder, but when running it presents the following message:

There is no application installed for "shared library" files. Do you want to search for an application to open this file?

I tried to use the model quoted by kivy itself, https://kivy.org/doc/stable/guide/packaging-windows.html

but it only shows packages for Windows, Mac and OsX

I tried to use the Windows model but it returned the error below:

   File "DeskShop.spec", line 3, in <module>

     from kivy_deps import sdl2, glew

ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'kivy_deps'

How to create kivy applications for desktop in linux?

[Elliot Garbus]

Here is the spec file I use on Windows.  Something similar will work on Linux.  I create a directory under the main project director called MyProjectNameDist, and put the spec files there.  This is important when looking at the directories below.  I switch to the directory that contains the spce file and then run pyinstaller.

 

 

# -*- mode: python -*-

import os

from kivy_deps import sdl2, glew

spec_root = os.path.abspath(SPECPATH)
block_cipher = None
app_name = 'Yout App Name'
win_icon = '../Images/your_design_icon.ico'

a = Analysis(['../main.py'],
             pathex=[spec_root],
             datas=[('../*.kv', '.'),
                    ('../Images/*.png', './Images')],
             hiddenimports=['win32timezone'],
             hookspath=[],
             runtime_hooks=[],
             excludes=[],
             win_no_prefer_redirects=False,
             win_private_assemblies=False,
             cipher=block_cipher,
             noarchive=False)
pyz = PYZ(a.pure, a.zipped_data,
             cipher=block_cipher)
exe = EXE(pyz,
          a.scripts,
          [],
          exclude_binaries=True,
          name=app_name,
          debug=False,
          bootloader_ignore_signals=False,
          strip=False,
          upx=False,
          console=False,
          icon=win_icon)
coll = COLLECT(exe,
               a.binaries,
               a.zipfiles,
               a.datas,
               *[Tree(p) for p in (sdl2.dep_bins + glew.dep_bins)],
               strip=False,
               upx=False,
               name=app_name)

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[Elias Coutinho]

This is for Windows, and to generate an application that runs on Linux? What's the tip?

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[Elliot Garbus]

I don’t know what the difference is between a Windows Spec file and a Liniux spec file.  I’m sure the differences are minimal.  I would look at the pyinstaller docs.

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[Elias Coutinho]

On my Ubuntu 20.04 I created a .py file and tried to package using pyinstaller.

a = "It worked"
print (a)

He created it but when I went to the distance and ran the operating system he returned the following message:

There is no application installed for shared library files. Do you want to search for an application to open this file?

I believe that my operating system must be missing some lib.

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[Elliot Garbus]

Start with a minimal kivy program.  The look at the log that gets created in the .kivy directory.  There are usually good hints on what is missing. 

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[Elias Coutinho]

Note that in the previous message I am only using a print, nothing more, that is the problem or pyinstaller or my Ubuntu.

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[Elias Coutinho]

It looks like he gave a more friendly feedback, now he misses the main.kv file

Below is the return of the project execution:

[INFO   ] [GL          ] Texture max size <16384>
[INFO   ] [GL          ] Texture max units <32>
[INFO   ] [Window      ] auto add sdl2 input provider
[INFO   ] [Window      ] virtual keyboard not allowed, single mode, not docked
[INFO   ] [GL          ] NPOT texture support is available
 Traceback (most recent call last):
   File "main.py", line 40, in <module>
   File "kivy/app.py", line 949, in run
   File "kivy/app.py", line 919, in _run_prepare
   File "main.py", line 36, in build
   File "kivy/lang/builder.py", line 304, in load_file
 FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'main.kv'
[36949] Failed to execute script main

[Elias Coutinho]

It's almost working!
How does your spec create a single file similar to --onfile?

Em ter., 20 de abr. de 2021 às 22:00, Elliot Garbus <elli...@cox.net> escreveu:

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[Elliot Garbus]

With pyinstaller I always create a one directory build.  On Windows I use another app that creates a Windows Installer. 

On the Mac the directory is the “app”. On some projects I will compress it to post, for other I use a utility to create a .dmg file for distribution. 

I don’t know what the options are for Linux. 

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[Elias Coutinho]

I achieved!

I pasted the spec inside the folder where the kv and py files are.
Notice the red lines:

# -*- mode: python ; coding: utf-8 -*-


block_cipher = None


a = Analysis(['main.py'],
             pathex=['/home/elias/Área de Trabalho/pasta'],
             binaries=[],
             datas=[('main.kv', '.'),],
             hiddenimports=[],

             hookspath=[],
             runtime_hooks=[],
             excludes=[],
             win_no_prefer_redirects=False,
             win_private_assemblies=False,
             cipher=block_cipher,
             noarchive=False)
pyz = PYZ(a.pure, a.zipped_data,
             cipher=block_cipher)
exe = EXE(pyz,
          a.scripts,

          a.binaries,
          a.zipfiles,
          a.datas,
          [],
          name='meu_app',
          debug=False,
          bootloader_ignore_signals=False,
          strip=False,
          upx=True,
          upx_exclude=[],
          runtime_tmpdir=None,
          console=True )

Now I have to solve the final problem.

The application only opens if it is through the terminal using ./my_app

I would like linux to run with just 2 clicks.

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[Elliot Garbus]

Congratulations! Good luck getting those last issues solved.   

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