Fixes.md

# the path is echoed in the error message
cd  %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Continuum\miniconda3\pkgs\
# remove all openssl* files. If you don't have bash in windows `DEL /Q /F /S "openssl*"`
rm -rf openssl*

# install openssl from libarchive on my base env
conda install -c conda-forge libarchive


add .utils to the browser.py import

Bundles

& python -m PyInstaller C:\Users\Gabryxx7\PycharmProjects\Tinder\tinderApp.spec

Better not to use Anaconda and virtual environments (venv) On mac you can check which python or pip you are using by typing

where python

or

where pip

in the windows powershell you can type Get-Command python3

Get-Command pip

Get-Command pip3

Make sure all the pip and pythons are from the same path so you know you are installing the packages to the same distribution

Finally make sure PyCharm is using the correct interpreter folder

You can install all the requirements with

pip install -r requirements.txt

or

python -m pip install -r requirements.txt

You can create a bundle with

pyinstaller file.py

or (notice the case!)

python -m PyInstaller file.py

Finally, an important fix for creating the .exe is to properly set up the .dll path. I am not sure where they are supposed to be but sometimes you can find them in C:\\Users\\Gabryxx7\\anaconda3\\envs\\<env_name>\\Library\\plugins\\platforms\\ other times apparently they can be in C:\\Users\\Gabryxx7\\anaconda3\\Libs\\site-packages\\PyQt5\\plugins\\platforms\\. After you locate qwindows.dll in your python/Anaconda path try the following things:

• copy platform directory to directory of your executable.You'll find the platform directory at a location like C:\Users\<username>\envs\<environmentname>\Library\plugins\platforms So in the end you should have a platforms folder with all the dlls in the same folder as your .exe
• Create a new environment variable QT_QPA_PLATFORM_PLUGIN_PATH="C:\Users\<username>\envs\<environmentname>\Library\plugins\platforms"
• Finally, the best solution is to actually edit the spec file so that it automatically copies the .dlls over with the right path: The final spec file looks something like this:

a = Analysis(['C:\\Users\\Gabryxx7\\PycharmProjects\\Tinder\\tinderApp.py'],
             pathex=['C:\\Users\\Gabryxx7\\PycharmProjects\\Tinder\\'],
             binaries=[('C:\\Users\\Gabryxx7\\anaconda3\\envs\\Tinder\\Library\\plugins\\platforms\\qwindows.dll', 'platforms\\qwindows.dll'),
             ('C:\\Users\\Gabryxx7\\anaconda3\\envs\\Tinder\\Library\\plugins\\platforms\\qdirect2d.dll', 'platforms\\qdirect.dll'),
             ('C:\\Users\\Gabryxx7\\anaconda3\\envs\\Tinder\\Library\\plugins\\platforms\\qoffscreen.dll', 'platforms\\qoffscreen.dll'),
             ('C:\\Users\\Gabryxx7\\anaconda3\\envs\\Tinder\\Library\\plugins\\platforms\\qwebgl.dll', 'platforms\\qwebgl.dll')
             ],
             datas=[],
             hiddenimports=['GUI', 'API', 'Threading', 'ssl', 'pyodbc'],
             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='tinderApp',
          debug=False,
          bootloader_ignore_signals=False,
          strip=False,
          upx=True,
          upx_exclude=[],
          runtime_tmpdir=None,
          console=True )

And the .exe can be easily generated with python -m PyInstaller tinderApp.spec or pyinstaller tinderApp.spec