Install PyInstaller on MSYS2 MinGW











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I want to install PyInstaller on MinGW but installing with pip fails with an error.
distutils.errors.DistutilsPlatformError: VC 6.0 is not supported by this module
How do I install it correctly? If this is not possible, what other options do I have? I am trying to build a Python GTK+3 application on Windows from the Linux version.










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  • Have you tried installing the latest version of setuptools? Are you using Python 2 or 3?
    – RoadRunner
    Nov 10 at 12:53












  • I am using python 3.7.1. How do I install the latest version? pip3 says it's up to date (40.5.0)
    – Shaoyu Tseng
    Nov 10 at 12:56










  • I'm not too sure what the issue is. Have you tried manually installing it? Like downloading the source tar.gz from here, unzipping it, and running python3 setup.py install.
    – RoadRunner
    Nov 10 at 13:00












  • that seems to have worked. Thanks!
    – Shaoyu Tseng
    Nov 10 at 13:06










  • Glad to hear. I added a more descriptive answer below for future readers.
    – RoadRunner
    Nov 10 at 13:19















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I want to install PyInstaller on MinGW but installing with pip fails with an error.
distutils.errors.DistutilsPlatformError: VC 6.0 is not supported by this module
How do I install it correctly? If this is not possible, what other options do I have? I am trying to build a Python GTK+3 application on Windows from the Linux version.










share|improve this question
























  • Have you tried installing the latest version of setuptools? Are you using Python 2 or 3?
    – RoadRunner
    Nov 10 at 12:53












  • I am using python 3.7.1. How do I install the latest version? pip3 says it's up to date (40.5.0)
    – Shaoyu Tseng
    Nov 10 at 12:56










  • I'm not too sure what the issue is. Have you tried manually installing it? Like downloading the source tar.gz from here, unzipping it, and running python3 setup.py install.
    – RoadRunner
    Nov 10 at 13:00












  • that seems to have worked. Thanks!
    – Shaoyu Tseng
    Nov 10 at 13:06










  • Glad to hear. I added a more descriptive answer below for future readers.
    – RoadRunner
    Nov 10 at 13:19













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3
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up vote
3
down vote

favorite











I want to install PyInstaller on MinGW but installing with pip fails with an error.
distutils.errors.DistutilsPlatformError: VC 6.0 is not supported by this module
How do I install it correctly? If this is not possible, what other options do I have? I am trying to build a Python GTK+3 application on Windows from the Linux version.










share|improve this question















I want to install PyInstaller on MinGW but installing with pip fails with an error.
distutils.errors.DistutilsPlatformError: VC 6.0 is not supported by this module
How do I install it correctly? If this is not possible, what other options do I have? I am trying to build a Python GTK+3 application on Windows from the Linux version.







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  • Have you tried installing the latest version of setuptools? Are you using Python 2 or 3?
    – RoadRunner
    Nov 10 at 12:53












  • I am using python 3.7.1. How do I install the latest version? pip3 says it's up to date (40.5.0)
    – Shaoyu Tseng
    Nov 10 at 12:56










  • I'm not too sure what the issue is. Have you tried manually installing it? Like downloading the source tar.gz from here, unzipping it, and running python3 setup.py install.
    – RoadRunner
    Nov 10 at 13:00












  • that seems to have worked. Thanks!
    – Shaoyu Tseng
    Nov 10 at 13:06










  • Glad to hear. I added a more descriptive answer below for future readers.
    – RoadRunner
    Nov 10 at 13:19


















  • Have you tried installing the latest version of setuptools? Are you using Python 2 or 3?
    – RoadRunner
    Nov 10 at 12:53












  • I am using python 3.7.1. How do I install the latest version? pip3 says it's up to date (40.5.0)
    – Shaoyu Tseng
    Nov 10 at 12:56










  • I'm not too sure what the issue is. Have you tried manually installing it? Like downloading the source tar.gz from here, unzipping it, and running python3 setup.py install.
    – RoadRunner
    Nov 10 at 13:00












  • that seems to have worked. Thanks!
    – Shaoyu Tseng
    Nov 10 at 13:06










  • Glad to hear. I added a more descriptive answer below for future readers.
    – RoadRunner
    Nov 10 at 13:19
















Have you tried installing the latest version of setuptools? Are you using Python 2 or 3?
– RoadRunner
Nov 10 at 12:53






Have you tried installing the latest version of setuptools? Are you using Python 2 or 3?
– RoadRunner
Nov 10 at 12:53














I am using python 3.7.1. How do I install the latest version? pip3 says it's up to date (40.5.0)
– Shaoyu Tseng
Nov 10 at 12:56




I am using python 3.7.1. How do I install the latest version? pip3 says it's up to date (40.5.0)
– Shaoyu Tseng
Nov 10 at 12:56












I'm not too sure what the issue is. Have you tried manually installing it? Like downloading the source tar.gz from here, unzipping it, and running python3 setup.py install.
– RoadRunner
Nov 10 at 13:00






I'm not too sure what the issue is. Have you tried manually installing it? Like downloading the source tar.gz from here, unzipping it, and running python3 setup.py install.
– RoadRunner
Nov 10 at 13:00














that seems to have worked. Thanks!
– Shaoyu Tseng
Nov 10 at 13:06




that seems to have worked. Thanks!
– Shaoyu Tseng
Nov 10 at 13:06












Glad to hear. I added a more descriptive answer below for future readers.
– RoadRunner
Nov 10 at 13:19




Glad to hear. I added a more descriptive answer below for future readers.
– RoadRunner
Nov 10 at 13:19












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Ussually if a pip install doesn't work, I always revert to the manual installation.



Steps:




  1. Download the source PyInstaller-3.4.tar.gz file from here.

  2. Navigate to your Downloads folder and unzip the file with tar xf PyInstaller-3.4.tar.gz. If your using Windows, you can use 7zip or something.


  3. cd into PyInstaller-3.4 and run python3 setup.py install. Using python or python3 depends on how you've set up Python on your operating system.


This will install the PyInstaller module in the same way as pip, just takes some extra steps to perform.






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  • Even though I have it installed now, the executables produced doesn't actually work. The output it Error loading Python DLL 'C:msys64homezandimnabuildalibpython3.7m.dll'. LoadLibrary: The specified module could not be found. EDIT: I can use it with --onefile.
    – Shaoyu Tseng
    Nov 10 at 18:03












  • @ShaoyuTseng I always run pyinstaller --onfile --noconsole to product a single executable with no console window showing up in the background.
    – RoadRunner
    Nov 11 at 1:31











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Ussually if a pip install doesn't work, I always revert to the manual installation.



Steps:




  1. Download the source PyInstaller-3.4.tar.gz file from here.

  2. Navigate to your Downloads folder and unzip the file with tar xf PyInstaller-3.4.tar.gz. If your using Windows, you can use 7zip or something.


  3. cd into PyInstaller-3.4 and run python3 setup.py install. Using python or python3 depends on how you've set up Python on your operating system.


This will install the PyInstaller module in the same way as pip, just takes some extra steps to perform.






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  • Even though I have it installed now, the executables produced doesn't actually work. The output it Error loading Python DLL 'C:msys64homezandimnabuildalibpython3.7m.dll'. LoadLibrary: The specified module could not be found. EDIT: I can use it with --onefile.
    – Shaoyu Tseng
    Nov 10 at 18:03












  • @ShaoyuTseng I always run pyinstaller --onfile --noconsole to product a single executable with no console window showing up in the background.
    – RoadRunner
    Nov 11 at 1:31















up vote
1
down vote



accepted










Ussually if a pip install doesn't work, I always revert to the manual installation.



Steps:




  1. Download the source PyInstaller-3.4.tar.gz file from here.

  2. Navigate to your Downloads folder and unzip the file with tar xf PyInstaller-3.4.tar.gz. If your using Windows, you can use 7zip or something.


  3. cd into PyInstaller-3.4 and run python3 setup.py install. Using python or python3 depends on how you've set up Python on your operating system.


This will install the PyInstaller module in the same way as pip, just takes some extra steps to perform.






share|improve this answer























  • Even though I have it installed now, the executables produced doesn't actually work. The output it Error loading Python DLL 'C:msys64homezandimnabuildalibpython3.7m.dll'. LoadLibrary: The specified module could not be found. EDIT: I can use it with --onefile.
    – Shaoyu Tseng
    Nov 10 at 18:03












  • @ShaoyuTseng I always run pyinstaller --onfile --noconsole to product a single executable with no console window showing up in the background.
    – RoadRunner
    Nov 11 at 1:31













up vote
1
down vote



accepted







up vote
1
down vote



accepted






Ussually if a pip install doesn't work, I always revert to the manual installation.



Steps:




  1. Download the source PyInstaller-3.4.tar.gz file from here.

  2. Navigate to your Downloads folder and unzip the file with tar xf PyInstaller-3.4.tar.gz. If your using Windows, you can use 7zip or something.


  3. cd into PyInstaller-3.4 and run python3 setup.py install. Using python or python3 depends on how you've set up Python on your operating system.


This will install the PyInstaller module in the same way as pip, just takes some extra steps to perform.






share|improve this answer














Ussually if a pip install doesn't work, I always revert to the manual installation.



Steps:




  1. Download the source PyInstaller-3.4.tar.gz file from here.

  2. Navigate to your Downloads folder and unzip the file with tar xf PyInstaller-3.4.tar.gz. If your using Windows, you can use 7zip or something.


  3. cd into PyInstaller-3.4 and run python3 setup.py install. Using python or python3 depends on how you've set up Python on your operating system.


This will install the PyInstaller module in the same way as pip, just takes some extra steps to perform.







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  • Even though I have it installed now, the executables produced doesn't actually work. The output it Error loading Python DLL 'C:msys64homezandimnabuildalibpython3.7m.dll'. LoadLibrary: The specified module could not be found. EDIT: I can use it with --onefile.
    – Shaoyu Tseng
    Nov 10 at 18:03












  • @ShaoyuTseng I always run pyinstaller --onfile --noconsole to product a single executable with no console window showing up in the background.
    – RoadRunner
    Nov 11 at 1:31


















  • Even though I have it installed now, the executables produced doesn't actually work. The output it Error loading Python DLL 'C:msys64homezandimnabuildalibpython3.7m.dll'. LoadLibrary: The specified module could not be found. EDIT: I can use it with --onefile.
    – Shaoyu Tseng
    Nov 10 at 18:03












  • @ShaoyuTseng I always run pyinstaller --onfile --noconsole to product a single executable with no console window showing up in the background.
    – RoadRunner
    Nov 11 at 1:31
















Even though I have it installed now, the executables produced doesn't actually work. The output it Error loading Python DLL 'C:msys64homezandimnabuildalibpython3.7m.dll'. LoadLibrary: The specified module could not be found. EDIT: I can use it with --onefile.
– Shaoyu Tseng
Nov 10 at 18:03






Even though I have it installed now, the executables produced doesn't actually work. The output it Error loading Python DLL 'C:msys64homezandimnabuildalibpython3.7m.dll'. LoadLibrary: The specified module could not be found. EDIT: I can use it with --onefile.
– Shaoyu Tseng
Nov 10 at 18:03














@ShaoyuTseng I always run pyinstaller --onfile --noconsole to product a single executable with no console window showing up in the background.
– RoadRunner
Nov 11 at 1:31




@ShaoyuTseng I always run pyinstaller --onfile --noconsole to product a single executable with no console window showing up in the background.
– RoadRunner
Nov 11 at 1:31


















 

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