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cx_freeze error "cx_Freeze.freezer.ConfigError: no base named Console"

I'm trying to convert a python 3.4 program of mine into an exe for distribution. I tried using cx_Freeze to do this. However, when I run python setup.py build with this setup.py:

from cx_Freeze import setup, Executable

setup( name = "Converter" ,
   version = "0.1" ,
   description = "" ,
   executables = [Executable("filename.py")] , )

I get this error code:

C:\Python34>python setup.py build
running build
running build_exe
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "setup.py", line 6, in <module>
    executables = [Executable("helloworld.py")] , )
  File "C:\Python34\lib\site-packages\cx_Freeze\dist.py", line 362, in setup
    distutils.core.setup(**attrs)
  File "C:\Python34\lib\distutils\core.py", line 148, in setup
    dist.run_commands()
  File "C:\Python34\lib\distutils\dist.py", line 955, in run_commands
    self.run_command(cmd)
  File "C:\Python34\lib\distutils\dist.py", line 974, in run_command
    cmd_obj.run()
  File "C:\Python34\lib\distutils\command\build.py", line 126, in run
    self.run_command(cmd_name)
  File "C:\Python34\lib\distutils\cmd.py", line 313, in run_command
    self.distribution.run_command(command)
  File "C:\Python34\lib\distutils\dist.py", line 974, in run_command
    cmd_obj.run()
  File "C:\Python34\lib\site-packages\cx_Freeze\dist.py", line 231, in run
    metadata = metadata)
  File "C:\Python34\lib\site-packages\cx_Freeze\freezer.py", line 136, in __init__
    self._VerifyConfiguration()
  File "C:\Python34\lib\site-packages\cx_Freeze\freezer.py", line 504, in _VerifyConfiguration
    self._GetBaseFileName()
  File "C:\Python34\lib\site-packages\cx_Freeze\freezer.py", line 239, in _GetBaseFileName
    raise ConfigError("no base named %s", name)
cx_Freeze.freezer.ConfigError: no base named Console

This same error code occurs when I try to setup for a hello world file. So it has nothing to do with my script.

Any help? This is the first time I've used cx_Freeze.

Solution

  • It appears that this line is failing argsSource.base = self._GetFileName("bases", name, ext) which means that it can't find that file, which makes sense. Check this folder C:\Python27\Lib\site-packages\cx_Freeze\bases for Console.exe. If you don't have that then try reinstalling cx_freeze. That's my directory for python. I would assume yours is in the same place but if not just search for it