Convert python project to one executable

In case you need to use a screen on which to display, I found the following steps to be useful:

First, make sure that whenever importing files, you use this function instead

def resource_path(relative_path):
    try:
    # PyInstaller creates a temp folder and stores path in _MEIPASS
        base_path = sys._MEIPASS
    except Exception:
        base_path = os.path.abspath(".")

    return os.path.join(base_path, relative_path)

# example of using it:
img_folder = resource_path('img')

Also, add the following to your code:

import contextlib

with contextlib.redirect_stdout(None):
    # importing the modules specified in the --hidden-import part of the command, for example Pygame
    import pygame

Then, cd in cmd or powershell into the path with the main file in it and run the following: (Write --hidden-import for the display module, for example Pygame, and the --onefile makes it all in one exe so that it's easier to share with friends). python -m PyInstaller --onefile --noconsole Main.py --hidden-import pygame.

This will create in that same directory two folders and a .spec file. In the "dist" folder created, you will find your final exe, but it won't be ready yet:

Enter the .spec file, and go into the datas section in it - in it, you write which files you import and use in the main file.

For example, you should type something along the lines of datas=[('maps/*','maps'),('img/*','img')],

After that, type python -m PyInstaller Main.spec in the cmd that's in the same path, and the .exe file in the "dist" folder.

It's supposed to only import the modules required - if one of the modules you are using has other modules that it itself is using, then it has to download those too.

Try using auto-py-to-exe, I personally use it. With its gui interface it's really easy to use.

for Standalone executable --onefile or -F

pyinstaller --noconfirm --onefile --windowed --add-data "config.py;." --add-data "database.ini;." --add-data "images;images/"  "app.py"