Fbs error Python 3.8

Kentin · May 11, 2020, 10:37am

It seems that I can’t do fbs freeze from a fresh new fbs startproject
I tried on python 3.8, 3.7 and 3.6 on windows.

File "C:\Users\prato\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38\lib\runpy.py", line 192, in _run_module_as_main
   return _run_code(code, main_globals, None,
 File "C:\Users\prato\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38\lib\runpy.py", line 85, in _run_code
   exec(code, run_globals)
 File "C:\Users\prato\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\envs\Creameme\Scripts\pyinstaller.exe\__main__.py", line 9, in <module>
 File "c:\users\prato\appdata\local\programs\python\envs\creameme\lib\site-packages\PyInstaller\__main__.py", line 111, in run
   run_build(pyi_config, spec_file, **vars(args))
 File "c:\users\prato\appdata\local\programs\python\envs\creameme\lib\site-packages\PyInstaller\__main__.py", line 63, in run_build
   PyInstaller.building.build_main.main(pyi_config, spec_file, **kwargs)
 File "c:\users\prato\appdata\local\programs\python\envs\creameme\lib\site-packages\PyInstaller\building\build_main.py", line 844, in main
   build(specfile, kw.get('distpath'), kw.get('workpath'), kw.get('clean_build'))
 File "c:\users\prato\appdata\local\programs\python\envs\creameme\lib\site-packages\PyInstaller\building\build_main.py", line 791, in build
   exec(code, spec_namespace)
 File "C:\Users\prato\Documents\Courses\PersonalProjects\Creameme\creamemegui\target\PyInstaller\test.spec", line 18, in <module>
   pyz = PYZ(a.pure, a.zipped_data,
 File "c:\users\prato\appdata\local\programs\python\envs\creameme\lib\site-packages\PyInstaller\building\api.py", line 98, in __init__
   self.__postinit__()
 File "c:\users\prato\appdata\local\programs\python\envs\creameme\lib\site-packages\PyInstaller\building\datastruct.py", line 158, in __postinit__
   self.assemble()
 File "c:\users\prato\appdata\local\programs\python\envs\creameme\lib\site-packages\PyInstaller\building\api.py", line 128, in assemble
   self.code_dict = {
 File "c:\users\prato\appdata\local\programs\python\envs\creameme\lib\site-packages\PyInstaller\building\api.py", line 129, in <dictcomp>
   key: strip_paths_in_code(code)
 File "c:\users\prato\appdata\local\programs\python\envs\creameme\lib\site-packages\PyInstaller\building\utils.py", line 652, in strip_paths_in_code
   consts = tuple(
 File "c:\users\prato\appdata\local\programs\python\envs\creameme\lib\site-packages\PyInstaller\building\utils.py", line 653, in <genexpr>
   strip_paths_in_code(const_co, new_filename)
 File "c:\users\prato\appdata\local\programs\python\envs\creameme\lib\site-packages\PyInstaller\building\utils.py", line 660, in strip_paths_in_code
   return code_func(co.co_argcount, co.co_kwonlyargcount, co.co_nlocals, co.co_stacksize,
TypeError: an integer is required (got type bytes)
Traceback (most recent call last):
 File "C:\Users\prato\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\envs\Creameme\Scripts\fbs-script.py", line 11, in <module>
   load_entry_point('fbs==0.8.4', 'console_scripts', 'fbs')()
 File "C:\Users\prato\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\envs\Creameme\lib\site-packages\fbs\__main__.py", line 17, in _main
   fbs.cmdline.main()
 File "C:\Users\prato\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\envs\Creameme\lib\site-packages\fbs\cmdline.py", line 32, in main
   fn(*args)
 File "C:\Users\prato\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\envs\Creameme\lib\site-packages\fbs\builtin_commands\__init__.py", line 120, in freeze
   freeze_windows(debug=debug)
 File "C:\Users\prato\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\envs\Creameme\lib\site-packages\fbs\freeze\windows.py", line 18, in freeze_windows
   run_pyinstaller(args, debug)
 File "C:\Users\prato\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\envs\Creameme\lib\site-packages\fbs\freeze\__init__.py", line 47, in run_pyinstaller
   run(args, check=True)
 File "C:\Users\prato\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38\lib\subprocess.py", line 512, in run
   raise CalledProcessError(retcode, process.args,
subprocess.CalledProcessError: Command '['pyinstaller', '--name', 'test', '--noupx', '--log-level', 'ERROR', '--noconfirm', '--windowed', '--icon', 'C:\\Users\\prato\\Documents\\Courses\\PersonalProjects\\Cream
eme\\creamemegui\\src\\main\\icons\\Icon.ico', '--distpath', 'C:\\Users\\prato\\Documents\\Courses\\PersonalProjects\\Creameme\\creamemegui\\target', '--specpath', 'C:\\Users\\prato\\Documents\\Courses\\Persona
lProjects\\Creameme\\creamemegui\\target\\PyInstaller', '--workpath', 'C:\\Users\\prato\\Documents\\Courses\\PersonalProjects\\Creameme\\creamemegui\\target\\PyInstaller', '--additional-hooks-dir', 'C:\\Users\\
prato\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\Python\\envs\\Creameme\\lib\\site-packages\\fbs\\freeze\\hooks', '--runtime-hook', 'C:\\Users\\prato\\Documents\\Courses\\PersonalProjects\\Creameme\\creamemegui\\target\\PyInst
aller\\fbs_pyinstaller_hook.py', 'C:\\Users\\prato\\Documents\\Courses\\PersonalProjects\\Creameme\\creamemegui\\src\\main\\python\\main.py']' returned non-zero exit status 1.

Kentin · May 11, 2020, 10:38am

Sorry I only have this error on python 3.8.

On 3.6 and 3.7 I have a simple FileNotFoundError: Could not find api-ms-win-crt-multibyte-l1-1-0.dll
I don’t really know why since i have installed windows sdk (with visual studio to be safe)

Kentin · May 11, 2020, 10:38am

I fixed it !

I indeed needed to add the directory containing this file to PATH. I’m so stupid.
Sorry for the spam and thank you for the tutorial.

gkssjovi · May 12, 2020, 9:51pm

I have the same problem.
Can you give me more details on how you solved the problem?
What folder you added to the PATH?

martin · May 13, 2020, 9:00am

Hey @gkssjovi which of the errors are you having? If it’s the first –

TypeError: an integer is required (got type bytes)

– then this is because fbs (and PyInstaller) isn’t yet compatible with Python 3.8.

gkssjovi · May 13, 2020, 10:24am

Hi,
Thank you for the reply.
I’m really new on Python Development, I want to create a small app for me.
I have created this project following your tutorial

/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.6/bin/python3 -m venv fbsenv
ls fbsenv/
fbsenv/bin/python3 -V
Python 3.6.8
source fbsenv/bin/activate
(fbsenv) PythonTestApp pip3 install fbs PyQt5 PyInstaller==3.4

Then I have created the project

fbs startproject

When I use fbs freeze I got this error.

(fbsenv) PythonTestApp fbs freeze
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/Users/gkssjovi/Desktop/PythonTestApp/fbsenv/bin/pyinstaller", line 11, in <module>
    load_entry_point('PyInstaller==3.4', 'console_scripts', 'pyinstaller')()
  File "/Users/gkssjovi/Desktop/PythonTestApp/fbsenv/lib/python3.6/site-packages/PyInstaller/__main__.py", line 111, in run
    run_build(pyi_config, spec_file, **vars(args))
  File "/Users/gkssjovi/Desktop/PythonTestApp/fbsenv/lib/python3.6/site-packages/PyInstaller/__main__.py", line 63, in run_build
    PyInstaller.building.build_main.main(pyi_config, spec_file, **kwargs)
  File "/Users/gkssjovi/Desktop/PythonTestApp/fbsenv/lib/python3.6/site-packages/PyInstaller/building/build_main.py", line 838, in main
    build(specfile, kw.get('distpath'), kw.get('workpath'), kw.get('clean_build'))
  File "/Users/gkssjovi/Desktop/PythonTestApp/fbsenv/lib/python3.6/site-packages/PyInstaller/building/build_main.py", line 784, in build
    exec(text, spec_namespace)
  File "<string>", line 36, in <module>
  File "/Users/gkssjovi/Desktop/PythonTestApp/fbsenv/lib/python3.6/site-packages/PyInstaller/building/api.py", line 676, in __init__
    self.__postinit__()
  File "/Users/gkssjovi/Desktop/PythonTestApp/fbsenv/lib/python3.6/site-packages/PyInstaller/building/datastruct.py", line 158, in __postinit__
    self.assemble()
  File "/Users/gkssjovi/Desktop/PythonTestApp/fbsenv/lib/python3.6/site-packages/PyInstaller/building/api.py", line 707, in assemble
    dist_nm=inm)
  File "/Users/gkssjovi/Desktop/PythonTestApp/fbsenv/lib/python3.6/site-packages/PyInstaller/building/utils.py", line 276, in checkCache
    os.makedirs(os.path.dirname(cachedfile))
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.6/lib/python3.6/os.py", line 210, in makedirs
    makedirs(head, mode, exist_ok)
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.6/lib/python3.6/os.py", line 220, in makedirs
    mkdir(name, mode)
PermissionError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/Users/gkssjovi/Library/Application Support/pyinstaller/bincache00_py36_64bit/_struct'
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/Users/gkssjovi/Desktop/PythonTestApp/fbsenv/bin/fbs", line 11, in <module>
    load_entry_point('fbs==0.8.6', 'console_scripts', 'fbs')()
  File "/Users/gkssjovi/Desktop/PythonTestApp/fbsenv/lib/python3.6/site-packages/fbs/__main__.py", line 17, in _main
    fbs.cmdline.main()
  File "/Users/gkssjovi/Desktop/PythonTestApp/fbsenv/lib/python3.6/site-packages/fbs/cmdline.py", line 32, in main
    fn(*args)
  File "/Users/gkssjovi/Desktop/PythonTestApp/fbsenv/lib/python3.6/site-packages/fbs/builtin_commands/__init__.py", line 114, in freeze
    freeze_mac(debug=debug)
  File "/Users/gkssjovi/Desktop/PythonTestApp/fbsenv/lib/python3.6/site-packages/fbs/freeze/mac.py", line 22, in freeze_mac
    run_pyinstaller(args, debug)
  File "/Users/gkssjovi/Desktop/PythonTestApp/fbsenv/lib/python3.6/site-packages/fbs/freeze/__init__.py", line 47, in run_pyinstaller
    run(args, check=True)
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.6/lib/python3.6/subprocess.py", line 438, in run
    output=stdout, stderr=stderr)
subprocess.CalledProcessError: Command '['pyinstaller', '--name', 'HelloWorld', '--noupx', '--log-level', 'ERROR', '--noconfirm', '--windowed', '--icon', '/Users/gkssjovi/Desktop/PythonTestApp/target/Icon.icns', '--osx-bundle-identifier', 'com.martin.helloworld', '--distpath', '/Users/gkssjovi/Desktop/PythonTestApp/target', '--specpath', '/Users/gkssjovi/Desktop/PythonTestApp/target/PyInstaller', '--workpath', '/Users/gkssjovi/Desktop/PythonTestApp/target/PyInstaller', '--additional-hooks-dir', '/Users/gkssjovi/Desktop/PythonTestApp/fbsenv/lib/python3.6/site-packages/fbs/freeze/hooks', '--runtime-hook', '/Users/gkssjovi/Desktop/PythonTestApp/target/PyInstaller/fbs_pyinstaller_hook.py', '/Users/gkssjovi/Desktop/PythonTestApp/src/main/python/main.py']' returned non-zero exit status 1.

gkssjovi · May 13, 2020, 10:31am

Sorry, I saw is working now if I use sudo command.
Probably when I have tried before it was a problem with the python version.
I have another problem now. I use dark them on my mac os, and it seems it not recognised when I run the app.
Can you point me to the wright direction since I’m very new on this.

wrzhu5551 · July 22, 2020, 9:47pm

Hi, I will also appreciate the detail of the fix: which directory you added to PATH to fix this issue. I am having the same issue. I have tried to add the directories of virtualenv and fbs project in PATH but still see the same error.

mike2750 · July 23, 2020, 3:27am

@gkssjovi You will need to use PyQt 5.12.2 or higher as advised in martins article below.

I think by default the fbs tutorials use like 5.9.2. So you may need to uninstall and then install this version

pip3 install pyqt5==5.12.2

Then

fbs clean
fbs freeze

mike2750 · July 23, 2020, 3:39am

@ gkssjovi

You will need to add the directory for where the sdk was installed to path like how i advised in this commit. If you haven’t installed NSIS you should and also add its path

github.com/mherrmann/fbs-tutorial

Update Readme for windows installer/code signing

mherrmann:master ← meramsey:patch-1

opened 04:51PM - 17 Jul 20 UTC

meramsey

+15 -0

Updated Readme to include some useful information for Windows installer and code… signing stuff. This can be pretty confusing to do if not done before and will save future readers time and confusion digging up how to do these steps. I also highly recommend updating the manual > https://build-system.fman.io/manual/#codesigning-windows with the information regarding the signtool.exe requirement as I was not aware this was not installed by default or in the system path and needed to be added. I spent way too much time on it and figured this would save someone else new the same unecessary frustrating experience. Feel free to reword or format if desired. If you would like screenshots of any of the steps let me know can provide them.

screenshots

@martin this information would also be super helpful to have in your video tutorials. It’s been awhile since i watched them but if its not in there I’m sure it would make a good addition to show how to install the lightweght SDK, NSIS, and signtool and add their paths to system Path. I spent a few hours one day trying to sort it out cause im not really a windows guy and all the guides make it seem like it should be super simple and gloss over the how. It is easy after you have done it once but starting out the last you want to do i spend an hour digging about the internet for the best proper way to do this.