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Dear python experts in the world wide web,

I really wish to get helped in this problem I have with pyinstaller.

I wish to convert a python script to an executable so that i can distribute to my friends and colleagues. Previously, I have converted the same python script to .exe file however I have accidentally deleted that file and I now have a new machine that I have installed python 3.7.8, pyinstaller version 3.6 and matplotlib version 3.2.2.

The .py file has tkinter library on it for a simple GUI and the rest is just data analytics that use numpy, pandas libraries and matplotlib fr data visualization. Additionally, there is a yfinance library to pull stock data from yahoo finance website. The output of this program is just a pdf file of the matplotlib plots of chosen stock indexes.

I can run this python code just fine in IDLE or jupyter notebook.

But as i convert it to the executable, the program does not load up and in console i have the following error message:

runtime error: could not find matplotlibrc file; your matplotlib install is broken

I have tried to re-install matplotlib package to different version such as 3.0, 3.1.3, etc. but then i ended up with the same runtime error message.

Could you please let me of what went wrong and how to overcome such problem?

Below is the pyinstaller code that i used to convert the python to .exe:

C:\Users\isamshahab\Desktop\Work Stuffs\CoC\Stock\StockIndexSummaryTool>pyinstaller--onefile YFScrapping.py
'pyinstaller--onefile' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

C:\Users\isamshahab\Desktop\Work Stuffs\CoC\Stock\StockIndexSummaryTool>pyinstaller --onefile YFScrapping.py
103 INFO: PyInstaller: 3.6
103 INFO: Python: 3.7.8
104 INFO: Platform: Windows-10-10.0.18362-SP0
106 INFO: wrote C:\Users\isamshahab\Desktop\Work Stuffs\CoC\Stock\StockIndexSummaryTool\YFScrapping.spec
110 INFO: UPX is not available.
113 INFO: Extending PYTHONPATH with paths
['C:\\Users\\isamshahab\\Desktop\\Work '
 'Stuffs\\CoC\\Stock\\StockIndexSummaryTool',
 'C:\\Users\\isamshahab\\Desktop\\Work '
 'Stuffs\\CoC\\Stock\\StockIndexSummaryTool']
114 INFO: checking Analysis
114 INFO: Building Analysis because Analysis-00.toc is non existent
114 INFO: Initializing module dependency graph...
120 INFO: Caching module graph hooks...
133 INFO: Analyzing base_library.zip ...
3509 INFO: Processing pre-find module path hook   distutils
3510 INFO: distutils: retargeting to non-venv dir 'c:\\users\\isamshahab\\appdata\\local\\programs\\python\\python37\\lib'
5744 INFO: Caching module dependency graph...
5905 INFO: running Analysis Analysis-00.toc
5908 INFO: Adding Microsoft.Windows.Common-Controls to dependent assemblies of final executable
  required by c:\users\isamshahab\appdata\local\programs\python\python37\python.exe
6047 INFO: Analyzing C:\Users\isamshahab\Desktop\Work Stuffs\CoC\Stock\StockIndexSummaryTool\YFScrapping.py
11245 INFO: Processing pre-find module path hook   site
11246 INFO: site: retargeting to fake-dir 'c:\\users\\isamshahab\\appdata\\local\\programs\\python\\python37\\lib\\site-packages\\PyInstaller\\fake-modules'
13580 INFO: Processing pre-safe import module hook   setuptools.extern.six.moves
31348 INFO: Processing pre-safe import module hook   six.moves
31905 INFO: Processing pre-safe import module hook   urllib3.packages.six.moves
64089 INFO: Processing module hooks...
64090 INFO: Loading module hook "hook-certifi.py"...
64092 INFO: Loading module hook "hook-distutils.py"...
64094 INFO: Loading module hook "hook-encodings.py"...
64226 INFO: Loading module hook "hook-importlib_metadata.py"...
64228 INFO: Loading module hook "hook-IPython.py"...
64830 INFO: Excluding import 'PyQt5'
64836 INFO:   Removing import of PyQt5 from module IPython.external.qt_loaders
64837 INFO: Excluding import 'PyQt4'
64844 INFO:   Removing import of PyQt4 from module IPython.external.qt_loaders
64845 INFO: Excluding import 'matplotlib'
64852 INFO:   Removing import of matplotlib from module IPython.core.pylabtools
64852 INFO:   Removing import of matplotlib.pyplot from module IPython.core.pylabtools
64853 INFO:   Removing import of matplotlib.backend_bases from module IPython.core.pylabtools
64853 INFO:   Removing import of matplotlib._pylab_helpers from module IPython.core.pylabtools
64853 INFO:   Removing import of matplotlib.figure from module IPython.core.pylabtools
64854 INFO: Excluding import 'gtk'
64866 INFO: Excluding import 'tkinter'
64874 INFO:   Removing import of tkinter from module IPython.lib.clipboard
64877 INFO: Excluding import 'PySide'
64885 INFO:   Removing import of PySide from module IPython.external.qt_loaders
64886 INFO: Loading module hook "hook-jedi.py"...
65251 INFO: Loading module hook "hook-jinja2.py"...
65282 INFO: Loading module hook "hook-jsonschema.py"...
65295 INFO: Loading module hook "hook-lib2to3.py"...
65302 INFO: Loading module hook "hook-lxml.etree.py"...
65308 INFO: Loading module hook "hook-matplotlib.backends.py"...
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
  File "c:\users\isamshahab\appdata\local\programs\python\python37\lib\site-packages\matplotlib\__init__.py", line 1015, in <module>
    rcParams = rc_params()
  File "c:\users\isamshahab\appdata\local\programs\python\python37\lib\site-packages\matplotlib\__init__.py", line 878, in rc_params
    return rc_params_from_file(matplotlib_fname(), fail_on_error)
  File "c:\users\isamshahab\appdata\local\programs\python\python37\lib\site-packages\matplotlib\__init__.py", line 731, in matplotlib_fname
    for fname in gen_candidates():
  File "c:\users\isamshahab\appdata\local\programs\python\python37\lib\site-packages\matplotlib\__init__.py", line 728, in gen_candidates
    yield os.path.join(get_configdir(), 'matplotlibrc')
  File "c:\users\isamshahab\appdata\local\programs\python\python37\lib\site-packages\matplotlib\__init__.py", line 276, in wrapper
    ret = func(**kwargs)
  File "c:\users\isamshahab\appdata\local\programs\python\python37\lib\site-packages\matplotlib\__init__.py", line 609, in get_configdir
    return _get_config_or_cache_dir(_get_xdg_config_dir())
  File "c:\users\isamshahab\appdata\local\programs\python\python37\lib\site-packages\matplotlib\__init__.py", line 562, in _get_xdg_config_dir
    return os.environ.get('XDG_CONFIG_HOME') or str(Path.home() / ".config")
AttributeError: type object 'Path' has no attribute 'home'
66344 INFO: Loading module hook "hook-matplotlib.py"...
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
  File "c:\users\isamshahab\appdata\local\programs\python\python37\lib\site-packages\matplotlib\__init__.py", line 1015, in <module>
    rcParams = rc_params()
  File "c:\users\isamshahab\appdata\local\programs\python\python37\lib\site-packages\matplotlib\__init__.py", line 878, in rc_params
    return rc_params_from_file(matplotlib_fname(), fail_on_error)
  File "c:\users\isamshahab\appdata\local\programs\python\python37\lib\site-packages\matplotlib\__init__.py", line 731, in matplotlib_fname
    for fname in gen_candidates():
  File "c:\users\isamshahab\appdata\local\programs\python\python37\lib\site-packages\matplotlib\__init__.py", line 728, in gen_candidates
    yield os.path.join(get_configdir(), 'matplotlibrc')
  File "c:\users\isamshahab\appdata\local\programs\python\python37\lib\site-packages\matplotlib\__init__.py", line 276, in wrapper
    ret = func(**kwargs)
  File "c:\users\isamshahab\appdata\local\programs\python\python37\lib\site-packages\matplotlib\__init__.py", line 609, in get_configdir
    return _get_config_or_cache_dir(_get_xdg_config_dir())
  File "c:\users\isamshahab\appdata\local\programs\python\python37\lib\site-packages\matplotlib\__init__.py", line 562, in _get_xdg_config_dir
    return os.environ.get('XDG_CONFIG_HOME') or str(Path.home() / ".config")
AttributeError: type object 'Path' has no attribute 'home'
67281 INFO: Loading module hook "hook-nbconvert.py"...
67303 INFO: Loading module hook "hook-nbformat.py"...
67321 INFO: Loading module hook "hook-notebook.py"...
69240 INFO: Loading module hook "hook-numpy.core.py"...
69470 INFO: Loading module hook "hook-numpy.py"...
69472 INFO: Loading module hook "hook-pandas.py"...
70787 INFO: Loading module hook "hook-PIL.Image.py"...
71389 INFO: Loading module hook "hook-PIL.py"...
71398 INFO: Excluding import 'PyQt5'
71425 INFO:   Removing import of PyQt5 from module PIL.ImageQt
71452 INFO: Excluding import 'PyQt4'
71491 INFO: Import to be excluded not found: 'FixTk'
71516 INFO: Excluding import 'tkinter'
71558 INFO:   Removing import of tkinter from module PIL.ImageTk
71583 INFO: Excluding import 'PySide'
71626 INFO: Loading module hook "hook-PIL.SpiderImagePlugin.py"...
71661 INFO: Excluding import 'tkinter'
71694 INFO: Import to be excluded not found: 'FixTk'
71719 INFO: Loading module hook "hook-pkg_resources.py"...
72388 INFO: Processing pre-safe import module hook   win32com
73076 INFO: Excluding import '__main__'
73082 INFO:   Removing import of __main__ from module pkg_resources
73109 INFO: Loading module hook "hook-pydoc.py"...
73135 INFO: Loading module hook "hook-pygments.py"...
76203 INFO: Loading module hook "hook-pythoncom.py"...
76821 INFO: Loading module hook "hook-pytz.py"...
76942 INFO: Loading module hook "hook-pywintypes.py"...
77544 INFO: Loading module hook "hook-scipy.linalg.py"...
77547 INFO: Loading module hook "hook-scipy.py"...
77588 INFO: Loading module hook "hook-scipy.sparse.csgraph.py"...
77621 INFO: Loading module hook "hook-scipy.special._ellip_harm_2.py"...
77652 INFO: Loading module hook "hook-scipy.special._ufuncs.py"...
77687 INFO: Loading module hook "hook-setuptools.py"...
78862 INFO: Loading module hook "hook-sqlite3.py"...
79012 INFO: Loading module hook "hook-sysconfig.py"...
79014 INFO: Loading module hook "hook-ttkthemes.py"...
79567 INFO: Loading module hook "hook-win32com.py"...
80368 INFO: Loading module hook "hook-xml.dom.domreg.py"...
80369 INFO: Loading module hook "hook-xml.etree.cElementTree.py"...
80401 INFO: Loading module hook "hook-xml.py"...
80435 INFO: Loading module hook "hook-zmq.py"...
80970 INFO: Loading module hook "hook-_tkinter.py"...
81232 INFO: checking Tree
81233 INFO: Building Tree because Tree-00.toc is non existent
81271 INFO: Building Tree Tree-00.toc
81416 INFO: checking Tree
81417 INFO: Building Tree because Tree-01.toc is non existent
81450 INFO: Building Tree Tree-01.toc
81872 INFO: Looking for ctypes DLLs
82072 INFO: Analyzing run-time hooks ...
82111 INFO: Including run-time hook 'pyi_rth_multiprocessing.py'
82116 INFO: Including run-time hook 'pyi_rth_pkgres.py'
82122 INFO: Including run-time hook 'pyi_rth_win32comgenpy.py'
82153 INFO: Including run-time hook 'pyi_rth_traitlets.py'
82188 INFO: Including run-time hook 'pyi_rth_mplconfig.py'
82221 INFO: Including run-time hook 'pyi_rth_mpldata.py'
82254 INFO: Including run-time hook 'pyi_rth__tkinter.py'
82287 INFO: Including run-time hook 'pyi_rth_certifi.py'
82401 INFO: Looking for dynamic libraries
85446 WARNING: lib not found: libzmq.cp37-win_amd64.pyd dependency of c:\users\isamshahab\appdata\local\programs\python\python37\lib\site-packages\zmq\backend\cython\error.cp37-win_amd64.pyd
85477 WARNING: lib not found: libzmq.cp37-win_amd64.pyd dependency of c:\users\isamshahab\appdata\local\programs\python\python37\lib\site-packages\zmq\backend\cython\utils.cp37-win_amd64.pyd
85494 WARNING: lib not found: libzmq.cp37-win_amd64.pyd dependency of c:\users\isamshahab\appdata\local\programs\python\python37\lib\site-packages\zmq\backend\cython\socket.cp37-win_amd64.pyd
85522 WARNING: lib not found: libzmq.cp37-win_amd64.pyd dependency of c:\users\isamshahab\appdata\local\programs\python\python37\lib\site-packages\zmq\backend\cython\_poll.cp37-win_amd64.pyd
85553 WARNING: lib not found: libzmq.cp37-win_amd64.pyd dependency of c:\users\isamshahab\appdata\local\programs\python\python37\lib\site-packages\zmq\backend\cython\message.cp37-win_amd64.pyd
85578 WARNING: lib not found: libzmq.cp37-win_amd64.pyd dependency of c:\users\isamshahab\appdata\local\programs\python\python37\lib\site-packages\zmq\backend\cython\_proxy_steerable.cp37-win_amd64.pyd
85609 WARNING: lib not found: libzmq.cp37-win_amd64.pyd dependency of c:\users\isamshahab\appdata\local\programs\python\python37\lib\site-packages\zmq\backend\cython\_device.cp37-win_amd64.pyd
85644 WARNING: lib not found: libzmq.cp37-win_amd64.pyd dependency of c:\users\isamshahab\appdata\local\programs\python\python37\lib\site-packages\zmq\backend\cython\_version.cp37-win_amd64.pyd
85672 WARNING: lib not found: libzmq.cp37-win_amd64.pyd dependency of c:\users\isamshahab\appdata\local\programs\python\python37\lib\site-packages\zmq\backend\cython\context.cp37-win_amd64.pyd
87233 INFO: Looking for eggs
87233 INFO: Using Python library c:\users\isamshahab\appdata\local\programs\python\python37\python37.dll
87267 INFO: Found binding redirects:
[]
87356 INFO: Warnings written to C:\Users\isamshahab\Desktop\Work Stuffs\CoC\Stock\StockIndexSummaryTool\build\YFScrapping\warn-YFScrapping.txt
88104 INFO: Graph cross-reference written to C:\Users\isamshahab\Desktop\Work Stuffs\CoC\Stock\StockIndexSummaryTool\build\YFScrapping\xref-YFScrapping.html
88721 INFO: checking PYZ
88721 INFO: Building PYZ because PYZ-00.toc is non existent
88750 INFO: Building PYZ (ZlibArchive) C:\Users\isamshahab\Desktop\Work Stuffs\CoC\Stock\StockIndexSummaryTool\build\YFScrapping\PYZ-00.pyz
95698 INFO: Building PYZ (ZlibArchive) C:\Users\isamshahab\Desktop\Work Stuffs\CoC\Stock\StockIndexSummaryTool\build\YFScrapping\PYZ-00.pyz completed successfully.
95874 INFO: checking PKG
95875 INFO: Building PKG because PKG-00.toc is non existent
95913 INFO: Building PKG (CArchive) PKG-00.pkg
140236 INFO: Building PKG (CArchive) PKG-00.pkg completed successfully.
140777 INFO: Bootloader c:\users\isamshahab\appdata\local\programs\python\python37\lib\site-packages\PyInstaller\bootloader\Windows-64bit\run.exe
140777 INFO: checking EXE
140810 INFO: Building EXE because EXE-00.toc is non existent
140850 INFO: Building EXE from EXE-00.toc
140889 INFO: Appending archive to EXE C:\Users\isamshahab\Desktop\Work Stuffs\CoC\Stock\StockIndexSummaryTool\dist\YFScrapping.exe
141049 INFO: Building EXE from EXE-00.toc completed successfully.

Below is the screenshot of the error message from the console of the .exe file:

enter image description here

thank you up front for your time and help.

best regards, MH

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  • Are you able to locate matplotlibrc on your machine ? Commented Jul 2, 2020 at 19:18
  • Hi Eric, I did find a few matplotlibrc file if i search that in my local directory. Do i have to declare this in pyinstaller? If yes, could you please tell me how? thank you Commented Jul 3, 2020 at 1:33
  • Try copy one in the same folder as the exe. If I understand correctly the documentation at matplotlib.org/tutorials/introductory/… this should help fixing your issue. Commented Jul 3, 2020 at 1:36
  • Hi thank you. This works, however i now have another error message: modulenotfounderror no module named 'matplotlib.backends.backend_tkagg' Commented Jul 3, 2020 at 2:19
  • Hi, I have somehow managed to fix the backend_tkagg issue by adding a script in my main .py file. Eric, is there anyway I can wrap this python script without have to copy the matplotlibrc file to the exe directory? thank you Commented Jul 3, 2020 at 2:38

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To summarize: matplotlib requires a config file names matplotlibrc to be found in one of 4 specific locations, the first one being the courant directory (see https://matplotlib.org/tutorials/introductory/customizing.html#the-matplotlibrc-file) One this file prepared as per need it can be embeeded in the exe by adding --add-data=matplotlibrc;. to the build command (replace ; with : for non-Windows systems)

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Another option is to simply copy the file to your python directory. This worked for me!
You are a savior...I spent around a day or so to narrow this down. I copied the file to local directory and built it. Worked like a charm..
It would be nice to have this a little bit more spelled out. Where should --add-data be added?
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Ensure you have Visual C++ Redistributable Package (vc_redist.x64.exe) installed on the machine where you use pyinstaller before you build the executable. See Error after using PyInstaller for script with Matplotlib

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