Compile pymapdl into exe, but it failed to open.

[maomao1230001037]

I compile ansys.mapdl.core into exe by pyinstaller, but it cant open. Is there other people encounter the same problem?
The error shows that it missing some file, i find the file in envs, and i put it into the folder, but it didnt work.

[germa89]

Hi there! I will need more info. which command did you use to build the exe file? Did you include any other file in the exe?

[germa89]

I'm just quickly checking internet, and it seems you are missing the path to the site-packages.

It seems that if you want to bundle everything you need to use -F as you did, but then you need to point to the site-package directory of your virtual environment.

If you have installed your virtual environment using venv package in myproject/.venv:
Then you need to point to its site-packages directory.

For instance my virtual environment has been installed in .venv_macos, so my site-package is in .venv_macos/lib/python3.10/site-packages.

Then your command to bundle everything should be something like:

pyinstaller -F .venv_macos/lib/python3.10/site-packages -w -i iconlibrary/icon.ico LinkStart.py

References:

• https://stackoverflow.com/a/5458250/6650211
• https://docs.python.org/3/library/venv.html

[maomao1230001037]

Thank you for your advice!
I optimized my command based on your advice.
The command is as follows, but it didn't work, and it report the same error.
pyinstaller -F --paths C:\Users\.conda\envs\AUTO\lib\site-packages -w -i iconlibrary/icon.ico LinkStart.py

And I start by a simple python program that only contain the ansys.mapdl.core, code are as follows, it didn't work,too.

from ansys.mapdl.core import launch_mapdl

a = launch_mapdl(
    run_location=r"C:\Users\Desktop\APDLTest",
    override=True
)

while True:
    print(a)

Here is the error:

[germa89]

I shall have a look at this next week.

Please do remind me if it is Thursday and I haven't comment here.

[maomao1230001037]

Hi! You forgot to comment here.

[Rfaelv]

Same problem here. Has anyone found a solution?

[germa89]

Some un-vetted info:

https://medium.com/analytics-vidhya/how-to-create-executable-of-your-python-application-from-linux-windows-mac-bcbcdd4603d4

[ghost]

Hey @Rfaelv ! So I did face this issue before when I was converting to an exe. Please try and modify this command as per your needs:

PyInstaller --noconfirm --onedir --console --icon path/to/icofile.ico --name AppName --version-file path/to/version/file.txt --hidden-import=clr --hidden-import=ansys.platform.instancemanagement --hidden-import=ansys.api.platform.instancemanagement --hidden-import=ansys.mapdl.core --collect-submodules ansys.mapdl --collect-submodules ansys.api.mapdl --collect-submodules ansys.tools --collect-submodules ansys.tools.path --collect-submodules vtk --collect-submodules pyvista --collect-data ansys.api.mapdl --collect-data ansys.platform.instancemanagement --collect-data ansys.api.platform.instancemanagement --copy-metadata pyansys-tools-versioning --copy-metadata ansys-tools-path App.py

[shanhuli-ansys]

Hey @Rfaelv ! So I did face this issue before when I was converting to an exe. Please try and modify this command as per your needs:

PyInstaller --noconfirm --onedir --console --icon path/to/icofile.ico --name AppName --version-file path/to/version/file.txt --hidden-import=clr --hidden-import=ansys.platform.instancemanagement --hidden-import=ansys.api.platform.instancemanagement --hidden-import=ansys.mapdl.core --collect-submodules ansys.mapdl --collect-submodules ansys.api.mapdl --collect-submodules ansys.tools --collect-submodules ansys.tools.path --collect-submodules vtk --collect-submodules pyvista --collect-data ansys.api.mapdl --collect-data ansys.platform.instancemanagement --collect-data ansys.api.platform.instancemanagement --copy-metadata pyansys-tools-versioning --copy-metadata ansys-tools-path App.py

I use all options here, and still failed with "importlib.metadata.PackageNotFoundError: No package metadata was found for ansys-mapdl-core"

[shanhuli-ansys]

I have the same issue. Any one found any solutions? thx