libratom folder does not get created

[Vunkyo]

Hey,

I am trying to get my GUI into an exe but it seems pyinstaller is not taking some folders that are needed. 

If i run this command:

pyinstaller Main.py

and then in powershell try to start the executable i get this:

Traceback (most recent call last):

  File "importlib\resources.py", line 97, in open_binary

FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'D:\\User\\Documents\\ipfit7-app\\dist\\Main\\libratom\\data\\media_types.json'

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):

  File "Main.py", line 6, in <module>

  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 991, in _find_and_load

  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 975, in _find_and_load_unlocked

  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 671, in _load_unlocked

  File "d:\user\documents\ipfit7-app\venv\lib\site-packages\PyInstaller\loader\pyimod03_importers.py", line 491, in exec_module

    exec(bytecode, module.__dict__)

  File "mail\mailanalyse.py", line 3, in <module>

  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 991, in _find_and_load

  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 975, in _find_and_load_unlocked

  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 671, in _load_unlocked

  File "d:\user\documents\ipfit7-app\venv\lib\site-packages\PyInstaller\loader\pyimod03_importers.py", line 491, in exec_module

    exec(bytecode, module.__dict__)

  File "mail\emails\getpst.py", line 1, in <module>

  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 991, in _find_and_load

  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 975, in _find_and_load_unlocked

  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 671, in _load_unlocked

  File "d:\user\documents\ipfit7-app\venv\lib\site-packages\PyInstaller\loader\pyimod03_importers.py", line 491, in exec_module

    exec(bytecode, module.__dict__)

  File "libratom\lib\__init__.py", line 5, in <module>

  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 991, in _find_and_load

  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 975, in _find_and_load_unlocked

  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 671, in _load_unlocked

  File "d:\user\documents\ipfit7-app\venv\lib\site-packages\PyInstaller\loader\pyimod03_importers.py", line 491, in exec_module

    exec(bytecode, module.__dict__)

  File "libratom\lib\pff.py", line 16, in <module>

  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 991, in _find_and_load

  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 975, in _find_and_load_unlocked

  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 671, in _load_unlocked

  File "d:\user\documents\ipfit7-app\venv\lib\site-packages\PyInstaller\loader\pyimod03_importers.py", line 491, in exec_module

    exec(bytecode, module.__dict__)

  File "libratom\data\__init__.py", line 15, in <module>

  File "contextlib.py", line 113, in __enter__

  File "importlib\resources.py", line 201, in path

  File "importlib\resources.py", line 111, in open_binary

FileNotFoundError: 'media_types.json' resource not found in 'libratom.data'

[10636] Failed to execute script Main

The librom\data folder is not in the dist\Main\ folder that gets created by pyinstaller

if i then copy this folder to the dist\Main\ folder then it works flawlessly

now you might think that that has solved my issue but the problem is that i want to use the --onefile parameter and when i do that i can't cope pase the needed folder into anywhere. 

my question is if there is a way to make it include that librom\data folder.

thnx in advance. it would help a lot!

[bwoodsend]

Use the --add-data option to include extra files. The syntax is --add-data path/to/file;path/to/put/it. Your command should look like PyInstaller --add-data D:/path/to/libratom/data/media_types.json;libratom/data/media_types.json.

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