Mastering GUI Programming with Python

Basic command-line usage

In theory, using PyInstaller is as simple as opening Command Prompt and typing this:

$ pyinstaller my_python_script.py

In fact, let's try this with our qt_template.py file from Chapter 4, Building Applications with QMainWindow; copy it to an empty directory, and run pyinstaller qt_template.py in that directory.

You'll get a great deal of output to the console and find that several directories and files were generated:

• The build and __pycache__ directories mainly contain intermediate files generated during the build process. These may be helpful during debugging, but they are not part of the end product.
• The dist directory contains our distributable output.
• The qt_template.spec file holds the configuration data generated ...