Using auto-py-to-exe for a python package with relative import

[LucBerge]

Hey ! I want to share with you a workaround to build an .exe file for a python package using relative imports.

I have a project called Wallme on Github which is a pip package. I want to create an .exe file with auto-py-to-exe to allow non-dev users to use it. As script location, I used my main.py which is the entry point of my package. The .exe is built but when I run it, I get the following error:

ImportError: attempted relative import with no known parent package

This is not an auto-py-to-exe error, it is pyinstaller related. I found this issue to bypass the error.

The work around is to create a small "stub" application that lives outside of the package and calls into it:

from foo import main
main()

...and then point PyInstaller at the stub.

I can tell you it's working for me.

[brentvollebregt]

Thanks for sharing this! I do this from time to time to package modules/libraries 🏄

I've got a decent example of doing it here.