Why am I getting Pyinstaller FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory:

Question

I am trying to create a standalone app from my Python script login.py although I am getting the error when running it:

I have changed the login.spec and added the datas list as at the official documentation Using Spec Files

/Users.../ is just the summarised path to make it readable here, it is complete in my file.

datas=[ ('/Users.../tiktok/*.png', '.' ) , ('/Users/.../tiktok/*.jpg', '.' ) ],

Command to create the bundle:

pyinstaller -D -F -w login.spec login.py

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "login.py", line 126, in <module>
  File "login.py", line 82, in main
  File "PIL/Image.py", line 2904, in open
FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/liberty.jpg'
[53518] Failed to execute script login
Saving session...
...copying shared history...
...saving history...truncating history files...
...completed.

[Process completed]

That means that the .jpg and .png are not bundled.

login.py

from tkinter import *
from PIL import Image, ImageTk
import requests
import json

def main():
    global rootLogin
    rootLogin = Tk()

    rootLogin.geometry("720x540")
    rootLogin.eval('tk::PlaceWindow . center')
    rootLogin.title("Login | bla bla bla")

    # Logo
    load = Image.open(curPath + "/liberty.jpg")
    load = load.resize((136, 84), Image.ANTIALIAS)
    render = ImageTk.PhotoImage(load)
    img = Label(rootLogin, image=render)
    img.image = render
    img.place(x=293, y=86)

    # Username
    ...
    # Password
    ...

    # Forgot password
    ...

    # Login
    ...

    rootLogin.mainloop()

if __name__ == '__main__':
    import os
    curPath = os.path.dirname(__file__)
    print(curPath)
    main()

login.spec

# -*- mode: python ; coding: utf-8 -*-

block_cipher = None

a = Analysis(['login.py'],
             pathex=['/Users/.../tiktok'],
             binaries=[],
             datas=[ ('/Users.../tiktok/*.png', '.' ) , ('/Users/.../tiktok/*.jpg', '.' ) ],
             hiddenimports=[],
             hookspath=[],
             runtime_hooks=[],
             excludes=[],
             win_no_prefer_redirects=False,
             win_private_assemblies=False,
             cipher=block_cipher,
             noarchive=False)
pyz = PYZ(a.pure, a.zipped_data,
             cipher=block_cipher)
exe = EXE(pyz,
          a.scripts,
          a.binaries,
          a.zipfiles,
          a.datas,
          [],
          name='login',
          debug=False,
          bootloader_ignore_signals=False,
          strip=False,
          upx=True,
          upx_exclude=[],
          runtime_tmpdir=None,
          console=False )
app = BUNDLE(exe,
             name='login.app',
             icon=None,
             bundle_identifier=None)

Nope... this is not the problem, it isn’t empty, it works when I run the .py file and it is assigned `curPath = os.path.dirname(__file__)` — Marcelo Gazzola, Jan 31 '21 at 11:01
If you use `os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))`, then it is not empty. Also after building the exe using PyInstaller, the path using `__file__` is not the actual path you want, it is `sys._MEIPASS`. The error definitely tell you that `curPath` is empty. — acw1668, Jan 31 '21 at 11:24
I found the answer here https://stackoverflow.com/questions/7674790/bundling-data-files-with-pyinstaller-onefile — Marcelo Gazzola, Jan 31 '21 at 11:44

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 31 '21 at 11:53

[DUPLICATED]

I found the answer here Bundling data files with PyInstaller (--onefile)

The problem is: pyinstaller unpacks data into a temporary folder

Just include the function:

def resourcePath(relativePath):
    """ Get absolute path to resource, works for dev and for PyInstaller """
    try:
        # PyInstaller creates a temp folder and stores path in _MEIPASS
        basePath = sys._MEIPASS
    except Exception:
        basePath = os.path.abspath(".")

    return os.path.join(basePath, relativePath)

and reference it in: load = Image.open(curPath + "/liberty.jpg")

changed to: load = Image.open(resourcePath("liberty.jpg"))

# Logo
load = Image.open(resourcePath("liberty.jpg"))
load = load.resize((136, 84), Image.ANTIALIAS)
render = ImageTk.PhotoImage(load)
img = Label(rootLogin, image=render)
img.image = render
img.place(x=293, y=86)

Output # in development

>>> resourcePath("liberty.jpg")
"/Users/marcelo/.../tiktok/liberty.jpg"

Output # # in production

>>> resourcePath("liberty.jpg")
"/var/folders/yg/z47pdjvx3jg1y2f_58xmpd3m0000gn/T/_MEI4qD8I6/liberty.jpg"

Why am I getting Pyinstaller FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory:

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