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Is there a way to use PyInstaller to create a single executable that also includes things such as text files and .ui files? How would I go about doing this?

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  • If you are talking about QT .ui files, PyInstaller is aware of QT and will just work. What have you tried? Commented Jan 8, 2017 at 5:02

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You can add items to a pyinstaller built exe using the spec file:

For example, to add a single README file to the top level of a one-folder app, you could modify the spec file as follows:

a = Analysis(... datas=[ ('src/README.txt', '.') ], ... )

You have made the datas= argument a one-item list. The item is a tuple in which the first string says the existing file is src/README.txt. That file will be looked up (relative to the location of the spec file) and copied into the top level of the bundled app.

The strings may use either / or \ as the path separator character. You can specify input files using “glob” abbreviations. For example to include all the .mp3 files from a certain folder:

a = Analysis(... datas= [ ('/mygame/sfx/*.mp3', 'sfx' ) ], ... )
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I believe this would work for me but pyinstaller seems to have issues with Windows 10 and late versions of Python

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