When using cx_Freeze and Tkinter, I am given the message:
File "C:\Users\VergilTheHuragok\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python35-32\lib\tkinter\__init__.py", line 35, in <module>
import _tkinter # If this fails your Python may not be configured for Tk
ImportError: DLL load failed: The specified module could not be found.
Some things to note:
Here is my current setup.py:
from cx_Freeze import setup, Executable
import sys
build_exe_options = {"packages": ["files", "tools"]}
base = None
if sys.platform == "win32":
base = "Win32GUI"
setup(name="Name",
version="1.0",
description="Description",
options={"build_exe": build_exe_options},
executables=[Executable("main.py", base=base)],
package_dir={'': ''},
)
I have tried many solutions from all corners of the internet. Including but not limited to:
Placing the following in my compile bat file (Definetly the correct paths):
set TCL_LIBRARY=C:\Users\VergilTheHuragok\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python35-32\tcl\tcl8.6
set TK_LIBRARY=C:\Users\VergilTheHuragok\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python35-32\tcl\tk8.6
Placing the following in my setup.py:
options={"build_exe": {"includes": ["tkinter"]}}
include_files = [r"C:\Users\VergilTheHuragok\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python35-32\DLLs\tcl86t.dll",\
r"C:\Users\VergilTheHuragok\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python35-32\DLLs\tk86t.dll"]
(And yes, those were included in setup() in one way or another)
Thanks for any help, it's greatly appreciated. And yes, I have looked at just about every solution to this problem on this site. Hoping someone could help me find yet another solution since my problem seems to be persistent.
Found a solution!
I had to copy the tk86t.dll and tcl86t.dll files from my python directory's DLLs folder into the build folder with the main.py I was trying to compile.
This, in conjunction with having
set TCL_LIBRARY=C:\Users\VergilTheHuragok\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python35\tcl\tcl8.6
set TK_LIBRARY=C:\Users\VergilTheHuragok\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python35\tcl\tk8.6
at the top of my compile.bat, and including
"include_files": ["tcl86t.dll", "tk86t.dll"]
in my build_exe_options in setup.py, seems to have done the trick.
Here is my current setup.py:
from cx_Freeze import setup, Executable
import sys
build_exe_options = {"packages": ["files", "tools"], "include_files": ["tcl86t.dll", "tk86t.dll"]}
base = None
if sys.platform == "win32":
base = "Win32GUI"
setup(name="Name",
version="1.0",
description="Description",
options={"build_exe": build_exe_options},
executables=[Executable("main.py", base=base)],
package_dir={'': ''},
)
And here is my compile.bat (updated to show all steps):
@echo off
set TCL_LIBRARY=C:\Users\VergilTheHuragok\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36-32\tcl\tcl8.6
set TK_LIBRARY=C:\Users\VergilTheHuragok\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36-32\tcl\tk8.6
RD /S /Q "C:\Users\VergilTheHuragok\Desktop\PythonProjectCompiled\bin"
mkdir "C:\Users\VergilTheHuragok\Desktop\PythonProjectCompiled\bin"
xcopy /s "C:\Users\VergilTheHuragok\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36-32\DLLs\tcl86t.dll" "C:\Users\VergilTheHuragok\Desktop\PythonProjectCompiled\bin\tcl86t.dll"
xcopy /s "C:\Users\VergilTheHuragok\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36-32\DLLs\tk86t.dll" "C:\Users\VergilTheHuragok\Desktop\PythonProjectCompiled\bin\tk86t.dll"
cd "C:\Users\VergilTheHuragok\Desktop\PythonProject\"
cxfreeze main.py --target-dir "C:\Users\VergilTheHuragok\Desktop\PythonProjectCompiled\bin" --target-name "launch.exe"
pause
I found this solution here.