Pyinstaller FileNotFoundError: 'C:\\Users\\axela\\PycharmProjects\\RT_HMap\\dist\\main\\cmlib\\version.txt'

Question

Good evening Im new to python and I wanted to make an executable with pyinstaller but Im gettin the following error. FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'C:\Users\alexa\PycharmProjects\RT_HMap\dist\main\cmlib\version.txt' Does anybody know what it means and how I can solve it ?

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Answer 1

'C:\Users\alexa\PycharmProjects\RT_HMap\dist\main\cmlib\version.txt'

This just means that the file 'version.txt' doesn't exist

One of the main goals of a PyInstaller-created executable is for users to not need anything installed on their machine. one of the packages requires a version.txt file. You can add this file to the build using the --add-data option. Here’s an example