How to prevent Python build from failing - python-3.x

Question

I am trying to build a basic Python tkinter application I developed. When I try building the application with cx_freeze via the command prompt, I get the following error output:
C:\Users\RedCode\PycharmProjects\DatabaseExample>python setup.py build
running build
running build_exe
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "setup.py", line 26, in <module>
executables = [Executable("cardb.py", base = base)])
File "C:\Users\RedCode\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36-32\lib\site-packages\cx_Freeze\dist.py", line 349, in setup
distutils.core.setup(**attrs)
File "C:\Users\RedCode\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36-32\lib\distutils\core.py", line 148, in setup
dist.run_commands()
File "C:\Users\RedCode\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36-32\lib\distutils\dist.py", line 955, in run_commands
self.run_command(cmd)
File "C:\Users\RedCode\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36-32\lib\distutils\dist.py", line 974, in run_command
cmd_obj.run()
File "C:\Users\RedCode\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36-32\lib\distutils\command\build.py", line 135, in run
self.run_command(cmd_name)
File "C:\Users\RedCode\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36-32\lib\distutils\cmd.py", line 313, in run_command
self.distribution.run_command(command)
File "C:\Users\RedCode\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36-32\lib\distutils\dist.py", line 974, in run_command
cmd_obj.run()
File "C:\Users\RedCode\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36-32\lib\site-packages\cx_Freeze\dist.py", line 219, in run
freezer.Freeze()
File "C:\Users\RedCode\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36-32\lib\site-packages\cx_Freeze\freezer.py", line 623, in Freeze
self._FreezeExecutable(executable)
File "C:\Users\RedCode\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36-32\lib\site-packages\cx_Freeze\freezer.py", line 199, in _FreezeExecutable
finder.IncludeFile(exe.script, exe.moduleName)
File "C:\Users\RedCode\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36-32\lib\site-packages\cx_Freeze\finder.py", line 633, in IncludeFile
deferredImports)
File "C:\Users\RedCode\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36-32\lib\site-packages\cx_Freeze\finder.py", line 474, in _LoadModule
self._ScanCode(module.code, module, deferredImports)
File "C:\Users\RedCode\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36-32\lib\site-packages\cx_Freeze\finder.py", line 564, in _ScanCode
module, relativeImportIndex)
File "C:\Users\RedCode\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36-32\lib\site-packages\cx_Freeze\finder.py", line 310, in _ImportModule
deferredImports, namespace = namespace)
File "C:\Users\RedCode\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36-32\lib\site-packages\cx_Freeze\finder.py", line 403, in _InternalImportModule
parentModule, namespace)
File "C:\Users\RedCode\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36-32\lib\site-packages\cx_Freeze\finder.py", line 416, in _LoadModule
namespace)
File "C:\Users\RedCode\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36-32\lib\site-packages\cx_Freeze\finder.py", line 485, in _LoadPackage
self._LoadModule(name, fp, path, info, deferredImports, parent)
File "C:\Users\RedCode\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36-32\lib\site-packages\cx_Freeze\finder.py", line 463, in _LoadModule
self._RunHook("load", module.name, module)
File "C:\Users\RedCode\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36-32\lib\site-packages\cx_Freeze\finder.py", line 536, in _RunHook
method(self, *args)
File "C:\Users\RedCode\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36-32\lib\site-packages\cx_Freeze\hooks.py", line 613, in load_tkinter
tclSourceDir = os.environ["TCL_LIBRARY"]
File "C:\Users\RedCode\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36-32\lib\os.py", line 669, in __getitem__
raise KeyError(key) from None
KeyError: 'TCL_LIBRARY'
When I try using pyinstaller, I first tried pip install setup.pyand got the following output:
C:\Users\RedCode\PycharmProjects\DatabaseExample>pip install setup.py
Collecting setup.py
Downloading setup.py-0.1.0.tar.gz
Installing collected packages: setup.py
Running setup.py install for setup.py ... done
Successfully installed setup.py-0.1.0
Even though it says it was successful, I cannot find anything of it on my computer, even after using the search function on my entire machine.
I then tried pyinstaller setup.py and got the following output error:
C:\Users\RedCode\PycharmProjects\DatabaseExample>pyinstaller setup.py
495 INFO: PyInstaller: 3.2.1
495 INFO: Python: 3.6.1
496 INFO: Platform: Windows-10-10.0.10240-SP0
501 INFO: wrote C:\Users\RedCode\PycharmProjects\DatabaseExample\setup.spec
503 INFO: UPX is not available.
509 INFO: Extending PYTHONPATH with paths
['C:\\Users\\RedCode\\PycharmProjects\\DatabaseExample',
'C:\\Users\\RedCode\\PycharmProjects\\DatabaseExample']
509 INFO: checking Analysis
509 INFO: Building Analysis because out00-Analysis.toc is non existent
510 INFO: Initializing module dependency graph...
512 INFO: Initializing module graph hooks...
518 INFO: Analyzing base_library.zip ...
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Users\RedCode\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36-32\Scripts\pyinstaller-script.py", line 11, in <module>
load_entry_point('PyInstaller==3.2.1', 'console_scripts', 'pyinstaller')()
File "c:\users\RedCode\appdata\local\programs\python\python36-32\lib\site-packages\PyInstaller\__main__.py", line 90, in run
run_build(pyi_config, spec_file, **vars(args))
File "c:\users\RedCode\appdata\local\programs\python\python36-32\lib\site-packages\PyInstaller\__main__.py", line 46, in run_build
PyInstaller.building.build_main.main(pyi_config, spec_file, **kwargs)
File "c:\users\RedCode\appdata\local\programs\python\python36-32\lib\site-packages\PyInstaller\building\build_main.py", line 788, in main
build(specfile, kw.get('distpath'), kw.get('workpath'), kw.get('clean_build'))
File "c:\users\RedCode\appdata\local\programs\python\python36-32\lib\site-packages\PyInstaller\building\build_main.py", line 734, in build
exec(text, spec_namespace)
File "<string>", line 16, in <module>
File "c:\users\RedCode\appdata\local\programs\python\python36-32\lib\site-packages\PyInstaller\building\build_main.py", line 212, in __init__
self.__postinit__()
File "c:\users\RedCode\appdata\local\programs\python\python36-32\lib\site-packages\PyInstaller\building\datastruct.py", line 161, in __postinit__
self.assemble()
File "c:\users\RedCode\appdata\local\programs\python\python36-32\lib\site-packages\PyInstaller\building\build_main.py", line 317, in assemble
excludes=self.excludes, user_hook_dirs=self.hookspath)
File "c:\users\RedCode\appdata\local\programs\python\python36-32\lib\site-packages\PyInstaller\depend\analysis.py", line 560, in initialize_modgraph
graph.import_hook(m)
File "c:\users\RedCode\appdata\local\programs\python\python36-32\lib\site-packages\PyInstaller\lib\modulegraph\modulegraph.py", line 1509, in import_hook
source_package, target_module_partname, level)
File "c:\users\RedCode\appdata\local\programs\python\python36-32\lib\site-packages\PyInstaller\lib\modulegraph\modulegraph.py", line 1661, in _find_head_package
target_module_headname, target_package_name, source_package)
File "c:\users\RedCode\appdata\local\programs\python\python36-32\lib\site-packages\PyInstaller\depend\analysis.py", line 209, in _safe_import_module
module_basename, module_name, parent_package)
File "c:\users\RedCode\appdata\local\programs\python\python36-32\lib\site-packages\PyInstaller\lib\modulegraph\modulegraph.py", line 2077, in _safe_import_module
module_name, file_handle, pathname, metadata)
File "c:\users\RedCode\appdata\local\programs\python\python36-32\lib\site-packages\PyInstaller\lib\modulegraph\modulegraph.py", line 2167, in _load_module
self._scan_code(m, co, co_ast)
File "c:\users\RedCode\appdata\local\programs\python\python36-32\lib\site-packages\PyInstaller\lib\modulegraph\modulegraph.py", line 2585, in _scan_code
module, module_code_object, is_scanning_imports=False)
File "c:\users\RedCode\appdata\local\programs\python\python36-32\lib\site-packages\PyInstaller\lib\modulegraph\modulegraph.py", line 2831, in _scan_bytecode
global_attr_name = get_operation_arg_name()
File "c:\users\RedCode\appdata\local\programs\python\python36-32\lib\site-packages\PyInstaller\lib\modulegraph\modulegraph.py", line 2731, in get_operation_arg_name
return module_code_object.co_names[co_names_index]
IndexError: tuple index out of range
Here is the code of my setup file:
application_title = "Car Database"
main_python_file = "cardb.py"
import sys
from cx_Freeze import setup, Executable
base = None
if sys.platform == "win32":
base = "Win32GUI"
setup(
name = "cardb.py",
version = "0.1",
description = "Simple tkinter application",
executables = [Executable("cardb.py", base = base)])
I am using cx_Freeze to build the application, and I am running Python 3.6.1 via PyCharm-Community 2017.1.1 if that helps. I have searched everywhere and cannot seem to find anything that works (and it looks like the support for Python 3.6.x is very poor).
How can I build my application successfully? Or in the very least how can I correct these errors that occur during the build?

Answer 1

import sys
import os
from cx_Freeze import setup, Executable
import cx_Freeze
import tkinter
import os.path
base = None
if sys.platform == 'win32':
base = "Win32GUI"
PYTHON_INSTALL_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.__file__))
os.environ['TCL_LIBRARY'] = os.path.join(PYTHON_INSTALL_DIR, 'tcl', 'tcl8.6')
os.environ['TK_LIBRARY'] = os.path.join(PYTHON_INSTALL_DIR, 'tcl', 'tk8.6')
#This was another style I tried using. If you don't have your python installed #to your path you could try this method. Obviously need to update the URL to #those files
#os.environ['TCL_LIBRARY'] = r'C:\Users\gardener\Downloads\WinPython-64bit-3.5.3.0Qt5\python-3.5.3.amd64\tcl\tcl8.6'
#os.environ['TK_LIBRARY'] = r'C:\Users\gardener\Downloads\WinPython-64bit-3.5.3.0Qt5\python-3.5.3.amd64\tcl\tk8.6'
executables = [cx_Freeze.Executable("cardb.py", base=base)]
options = {
'build_exe': {
'include_files':[
os.path.join(PYTHON_INSTALL_DIR, 'DLLs', 'tk86t.dll'),
os.path.join(PYTHON_INSTALL_DIR, 'DLLs', 'tcl86t.dll'),
]
},
}
cx_Freeze.setup(
name = "cardb",
options = options,
version = "0.1",
description = 'Simple tkinter application',
executables = executables
)
Give that a try