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Pyinstaller - failed to execute script: why?

Fatal Error Detected: Failed to execute script main

I used the following tags:

pyinstaller --onefile -w main.py

I had dependencies, so when it finished, I moved the exe file to the main directory. I'm still getting an error. I used pygame for my project. Why?

Solution

  • I found the answer to my problem. It turns out, it had nothing to do with images. It had to do with the font. Normally, in PyCharm (maybe I'm mistaken) freesansbold.ttf is a default font. However, when PyInstaller packages the files, PyInstaller doesn't have the font downloaded by default, so it gives an error. All I had to do was scour the internet for the font, downloaded it, and it worked.

    So yeah, pretty funny mistake.