How to install PyInstaller?

python installation pyinstaller
rynd picture rynd · May 26, 2012 · Viewed 85k times · Source

(I'm on Windows.)

I want to use PyInstaller. I could always create bin files with pyinstaller.py [args].

  • It's not a package with an __init__.py file,
  • it has no setup.py
  • and it doesn't work to create a folder, put it in my PYTHONPATH, put pyinstaller\[files] in that folder and then make a call to python pyinstaller\pyinstaller.py.

pyinstaller.org only tells me something with Configure.py.

So now I'm out of ideas how to install PyInstaller so that I don't have to work with absolute paths. Do you have any ideas?

Answer

Developer picture Developer · Jan 8, 2014

To install PyInstaller:

  1. Go to your command prompt (Start -> Run -> cmd)
  2. type the following command cd c:\python27\scripts press enter, this should be where your pip.exe file is located.
  3. Once you are in this directory type pip install pyinstaller press enter

Message should read Successfully installed pyinstaller.

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