Executable Python Apps on Windows/MacOS using TKinter - Python Tutorial (2020) #21

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[amankumar-imkk]

Saving the python script as '.pyw' file instead of '.py' will remove command window.

[wickedsnuk]

So how you gonna run this in your friend's computer ?

adding --noconsole you can remove the command prompt (the black window)

[vl]

this doesnt work on my macos terminal: pip install pyinstaller. I'm already on the macos big sur

[mingzhu]

Does the machine require Python runtime or it is included in the package?

[overrevvv]

I converted .py to exe using auto-py-to-exe module but the problem is size of exe is quite huge even when I'm not using any unnecessary modules in the program. Is there any clean method to reduce the size of the exe files, I checked few methods like nutika, upx, cython and stuff but the question is which one is the fastest and cleanest?

[bramvanreusel]

How to remove the command window in 2023: go to the .spec file (visible on the video at 5:10) of your application after the creation and change the "console=True" variable to "console=False". Then in your terminal, run "pyinstaller your_file.spec" where you replace "your_file" with your python file name WITHOUT the .py behind it, so JUST the filename

[ammarrashed]

Tkinter with PyInstaller in MacOS is not as straight forward as in Windows. It is a known bug. Edit the title make it only "Windows"

[farjadzafar]

What are the exact commands for MAc. how did you get that apple.ico ? what is the source for it?

[shaedmorgan]

Any idea how to get rid of the black screen yet?

[tomtommyle]

write -w or -windowed in your `pyinstaller --onefile -w --icon=sample.ico example.py` to get rid of the terminal that pops up with your application gui