py2app is a Python setuptools command which will allow you to make standalone Mac OS X application bundles and plugins from Python scripts.

Original report by Terrence Katzenbaer (Bitbucket: pandabloc, ).

Similar to Issue #93, except I installed scipy through pip instead of Macports. Do you have any advice on how I could resolve this issue?

Interestingly, this bug happens in two apps (one that uses scipy directly and one that doesn't use scipy but uses numpy) only in the virtualenv that has scipy pip-installed. If I switch to another virtualenv without scipy pip-installed, then it will work fine on the app that doesn't use scipy and break on missing a Fortran compiler on the app that does use scipy.

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ValueError: New Mach-O header is too large to relocate in '/Users/xxxxxxxxxxx/Developer/xxxxxxxxxxx/dist/xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.app/Contents/Resources/lib/python2.7/scipy/optimize/_nnls.so' (new size=1532L, max size=1504L, delta=108L)

Original report by Just van Rossum (Bitbucket: justvanrossum, GitHub: justvanrossum).

We're using the fs module, which has a sort of dynamic import subsystem for file system backends. We're trying to use the zip backend, which works outside an app bundle, but not from the app bundle as built with py2app. The error we're getting is:

fs.opener.errors.UnsupportedProtocol: protocol 'temp' is not supported

This happens even if I make sure all of the fs package is included.

I think the easiest way to see the symptom is by running this:

from fs.opener.registry import Registry
r = Registry()
print(r.protocols)

This shows an empty list from the app, but a non-empty list outside.

Are we perhaps not including the fs package correctly? Or is it an issue with fs?

Any hints are much appreciated.

Cc @typemytype

Original report by Autobot (Bitbucket: acidjunk, GitHub: acidjunk).

When using py2app 0.63 everything works OK (building a 64 bit app for 10.6 & 10.7). With py2app 0.64 I'm getting this error when trying to build my app.

running py2app creating /Users/acidjunk/Desktop/njoy/QTplayer/build creating /Users/acidjunk/Desktop/njoy/QTplayer/build/bdist.macosx-10.4-x86_64 creating /Users/acidjunk/Desktop/njoy/QTplayer/build/bdist.macosx-10.4-x86_64/python2.7-standalone creating /Users/acidjunk/Desktop/njoy/QTplayer/build/bdist.macosx-10.4-x86_64/python2.7-standalone/app creating /Users/acidjunk/Desktop/njoy/QTplayer/build/bdist.macosx-10.4-x86_64/python2.7-standalone/app/collect creating /Users/acidjunk/Desktop/njoy/QTplayer/build/bdist.macosx-10.4-x86_64/python2.7-standalone/app/temp creating /Users/acidjunk/Desktop/njoy/QTplayer/dist creating build/bdist.macosx-10.4-x86_64/python2.7-standalone/app/lib-dynload creating build/bdist.macosx-10.4-x86_64/python2.7-standalone/app/Frameworks *** using recipe: virtualenv *** error: /usr/local/Cellar/python/2.7.2/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/share/sip: No such file or directory

I'm running OS X 10.7 with python and qt from homebrew. I tried the py2app 0.63 version because that's what I used on my old builder mac (OSX 10.6). I describe the old build environment here: http://www.renedohmen.nl/blog/2011/11/installing-pyqt4-on-mac-osx/

Original report by hufang (Bitbucket: hufang, GitHub: hufang).

Recently I upgraded the OS from 10.14.5 to 10.14.6, When run the app, os will reboot.

My os will automatic running last runing app when the reboot, after the reboot appear agrain, agrain and agrain, it’s so bad, Fortunately, Finaly,i success stop app.

I run the py files, it it works!

The python version is 3.7.4.

The py2app version is 0.19

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Thanks!

Original report by Pierre-Louis Bonicoli (Bitbucket: pilou_, ).

Hi,

When I run a version of Tryton (http://hg.tryton.org/tryton) built with py2app, I encountered one problem: the environment variables RESOURCEPATH and ARGVZERO are needed but not defined:

First RESOURCEPATH: $ /Applications/Tryton.app/Contents/MacOS/Tryton Traceback (most recent call last): File "/Applications/Tryton.app/Contents/Resources/boot.py", line 7, in _reset_sys_path() File "/Applications/Tryton.app/Contents/Resources/boot.py", line 4, in _reset_sys_path resources = os.environ['RESOURCEPATH'] File "UserDict.pyc", line 23, in getitem KeyError: 'RESOURCEPATH'

next ARGVZERO: $ RESOURCEPATH='/Applications/Tryton.app/Contents/Resources/' /Applications/Tryton.app/Contents/MacOS/Tryton Traceback (most recent call last): File "/Applications/Tryton.app/Contents/Resources/boot.py", line 43, in _run() File "/Applications/Tryton.app/Contents/Resources/boot.py", line 31, in _run argv0 = os.path.basename(os.environ['ARGVZERO']) File "UserDict.pyc", line 23, in getitem KeyError: 'ARGVZERO'

The following command runs fine:

ARGVZERO='/Applications/Tryton.app/Contents/MacOS/Tryton' RESOURCEPATH='/Applications/Tryton.app/Contents/Resources/' /Applications/Tryton.app/Contents/MacOS/Tryton

I am using Mac OSX Moutain Lion 10.8.2, python 2.7.3, py2app 0.7.2. setup.py file is here: http://hg.tryton.org/tryton/file/ec146907c4c3/setup.py#l98

Should RESOURCEPATH always be defined ?

ARGVZERO seems used in py2app/bootstrap/boot_app.py, is there a test like in py2app/bootstrap/boot_plugin.py missing ? I don't need to set ARGVZERO env. var. when using the attached patch.

Warnings issued:

Failed to connect (colorGridView) outlet from (NSApplication) to (NSColorPickerGridView): missing setter or instance variable
Failed to connect (view) outlet from (NSApplication) to (NSColorPickerGridView): missing setter or instance variable

The app doesn't crash or exit, but the menus aren't loaded.

The same app runs fine on 10.15. This is a regression from py2app 0.19 and appeared in 0.20 and still exists in 0.21.

I'll try to make a minimal app to reproduce.

Original report by Justin Israel (Bitbucket: [Justin Israel](https://bitbucket.org/Justin Israel), ).

While testing a build using Maya's bundled python2.6 interpreter, I found that it would constantly fail with two different issues:

1. The python version would not be detected and result in a "pythonNone" directory name
2. The framework location would be located at the incorrect filesystem depth, and would crash when attempting to copy header files from "include"

Command:
$ mayapy setup.py py2app

Output:

... creating /Users/justin/temp/struct/dist/test.app/Contents/Frameworks/Python.framework/lib/pythonNone creating /Users/justin/temp/struct/dist/test.app/Contents/Frameworks/Python.framework/lib/pythonNone/config copying /Applications/Autodesk/maya2012/Maya.app/Contents/bin/../Frameworks/Python.framework/Python -> /Users/justin/temp/struct/dist/test.app/Contents/Frameworks/Python.framework copying /Applications/Autodesk/maya2012/Maya.app/Contents/bin/../Frameworks/Python.framework/Resources/Info.plist -> /Users/justin/temp/struct/dist/test.app/Contents/Frameworks/Python.framework/Resources error: can't copy '/Applications/Autodesk/maya2012/Maya.app/Contents/bin/../Frameworks/Python.framework/include/python2.6/pyconfig.h': doesn't exist or not a regular file

The fix I have found to work is to add another fallback condition to copy_python_framework() when the version or include dir are not properly found.

Proposed patch attached, along with my sample setup,py that I am using.

Original report by onidaito (Bitbucket: onidaito, GitHub: onidaito).

Extremely simple python script built as a distributed application, fails to run with the error

26/02/2012 11:24:49 [0x0-0x3c03c].org.pythonmac.unspecified.imagestopdf[502] distutils.errors.DistutilsPlatformError: invalid Python installation: unable to open /usr/include/python2.6/pyconfig.h (No such file or directory)

This occurs with both the easy_install version and the current bitbucket version built from source. I suspect a distutils problem with Apple's stock install on snowleopard

The latest release of setuptools 61.0.0 breaks the app bundle for Spyder . See spyder-ide/spyder#17551.

Bundle creation works for setuptools 60.10.0

The observed symptoms are:

• The application bundle is named "spyder.app" rather than "Spyder.app". Not sure why the case is not respected...
• The application startup script is named "spyder.app/Contents/MacOS/spyder" rather than "Spyder.app/Contents/MacOS/Spyder". Again, not sure why the case is not respected...
• For the application bundle, the spyder source code should be included outside the zip (using the packages directive), however now it is included in the zip directory as well (two locations).

Am trying py2app for the first time and although running in "alias mode" works fine, the fully compiled version intended for distribution crashes immediately. Could it have something to do with the ARM processor? I tried running with Rosetta but that didn't seem to make a difference.

I'm running Mac OS 11.2.3 (Big Sur) with Python 3.8.8 and Pyqt5

Thanks!

Dan

Original report by Marko Luther (Bitbucket: MAKOMO, GitHub: MAKOMO).

My app bundle reports

It does not make sense to draw an image when [NSGraphicsContext currentContext] is nil. This is a programming error. Break on void _NSWarnForDrawingImageWithNoCurrentContext(void) to debug. This will be logged only once. This may break in the future.

on starting up and then does only show window borders without content (transparent canvas) with PyQt5.13.2 installed. Builds done after downgrading to PyQt 5.13.1 work as expected.

Hello and thanks for your help!

My app opens correctly BUT py2app is not installing the dependencies for the modules used in my code, I'm using xlwings, and when I run the app on another computer using the terminal, it says "make sure to have appscript and psutil, dependencies of xlwings, installed". I tried adding these via the command line --packages, and I do see them in the lib folder of the app, but I still get the same error...what am I doing wrong?

Hello! Thank you for your help and for your patience with me, I did try to find the answer myself by searching for many hours on the web but I'm still getting "Launch Error" when I use a different computer.

Because the app works great on my computer, I feel like the issue is related to the modules.

1. I tried to add the modules directly inside the app once it was created but then it tells me that my app is damaged
2. I tried using "includes" and "packages" separately and together but it still doesn't work
3. I tried adding executable_stub = link to my .dylib python file > it says "Unknown distribution option"
4. I'm on M1 and I'm trying to see if the app works on my other computer on Intel > It seems that my app is universal:

Mach-O universal binary with 2 architectures: [x86_64:Mach-O 64-bit executable x86_64

• Mach-O 64-bit executable x86_64] [arm64:Mach-O 64-bit executable arm64
• Mach-O 64-bit executable arm64] /Users/***PycharmProjects/TheYouRLator/dist/TheYouRLator.app/Contents/MacOS/TheYouRLator (for architecture x86_64): Mach-O 64-bit executable x86_64 /Users/***/PycharmProjects/TheYouRLator/dist/TheYouRLator.app/Contents/MacOS/TheYouRLator (for architecture arm64): Mach-O 64-bit executable arm64

Here are the modules that I'm using:

import pandas as pd
import subprocess
import tkinter.filedialog as fd
import tkinter as tk
from tkinter import Button
import xlwings as xw
from pytube import YouTube
from openpyxl.utils import get_column_letter

Here is my setup.py in its current state:

from setuptools import setup

APP = ['TheYouRLator.py']
OPTIONS = {'packages': ["tkinter", "pytube", "openpyxl.utils"], 'includes': ["subprocess", "tkinter", "tkinter.filedialog", "pandas", "xlwings"]}

setup(

    app=APP,
    executable_stub = "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.11/lib/libpython3.11.dylib",
    data_files=[],
    options={'py2app': OPTIONS},
    setup_requires=['py2app'],
)

UPDATE: By running it in the terminal, it says "Unable to import required dependencies: numpy". I don't even know what that is...but I made sure that I have the last version of this thing installed and it's still not working... It looks like the module Pandas is messing things up??

Traceback (most recent call last):

  File "/Users/*/Downloads/TheYouRLator 2.app/Contents/Resources/__boot__.py", line 161, in <module>

    _run()

  File "/Users/*/Downloads/TheYouRLator 2.app/Contents/Resources/__boot__.py", line 84, in _run

    exec(compile(source, path, "exec"), globals(), globals())

  File "/Users/*/Downloads/TheYouRLator 2.app/Contents/Resources/TheYouRLator.py", line 3, in <module>

    import pandas as pd

  File "/Users/*/Downloads/TheYouRLator 2.app/Contents/Resources/lib/python3.11/pandas/__init__.py", line 16, in <module>

    raise ImportError(

ImportError: Unable to import required dependencies:

numpy: 

IMPORTANT: PLEASE READ THIS FOR ADVICE ON HOW TO SOLVE THIS ISSUE!

Importing the numpy C-extensions failed. This error can happen for
many reasons, often due to issues with your setup or how NumPy was
installed.

We have compiled some common reasons and troubleshooting tips at:
    https://numpy.org/devdocs/user/troubleshooting-importerror.html

Please note and check the following:

  * The Python version is: Python3.11 from "/Users/*/Downloads/TheYouRLator 2.app/Contents/MacOS/python"

  * The NumPy version is: "1.24.1"
and make sure that they are the versions you expect.

Please carefully study the documentation linked above for further help.
Original error was: dlopen(/Users/*/Downloads/TheYouRLator 2.app/Contents/Resources/lib/python3.11/numpy/core/_multiarray_umath.cpython-311-darwin.so, 2): no suitable image found.  Did find:

    /Users/*/Downloads/TheYouRLator 2.app/Contents/Resources/lib/python3.11/numpy/core/_multiarray_umath.cpython-311-darwin.so: mach-o, but wrong architecture

    /Users/*/Downloads/TheYouRLator 2.app/Contents/Resources/lib/python3.11/numpy/core/_multiarray_umath.cpython-311-darwin.so: mach-o, but wrong architecture

2022-12-27 15:07:42.916 TheYouRLator[47286:309345] Launch error

After executing python setup.py py2app, when I run ./dist/main.app/Contents/MacOS/main, I got this error :

NotADirectoryError: [Errno 20] Not a directory: '/Users/wj/myproject/client/dist/main.app/Contents/Resources/lib/python39.zip/playwright/driver/playwright.sh'

python39.zip is a compressed file， I find a related log in the build output: copying file build/bdist.macosx-10.9-x86_64/python3.9-standalone/app/python39.zip -> /Users/wj/myproject/client/dist/main.app/Contents/Resources/lib

It's running normally if I got the app file by python setup.py py2app -A .

system version: macOS Monterey 12.6 python: 3.9 py2app: 0.28.4

setup.py:

from setuptools import setup

APP = ['main.py']
DATA_FILES = []
OPTIONS = {}

setup(
    app=APP,
    data_files=DATA_FILES,
    options={'py2app': OPTIONS},
    setup_requires=['py2app'],
)

updates:

• https://github.com/pre-commit/mirrors-isort → https://github.com/PyCQA/isort
• github.com/PyCQA/isort: v5.10.1 → 5.11.4
• github.com/psf/black: 22.6.0 → 22.12.0
• github.com/asottile/pyupgrade: v2.37.2 → v3.3.1
• github.com/codespell-project/codespell: v2.1.0 → v2.2.2
• https://gitlab.com/pycqa/flake8 → https://github.com/PyCQA/flake8
• github.com/PyCQA/flake8: 3.9.2 → 6.0.0
• github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit-hooks: v4.3.0 → v4.4.0

I have been trying to produce a package using py2app. I can produce a package that runs using the -A option, but when I try it without the -A option (to produce an app that will hopefully run on another computer) I get the following error when I try to run the app:

ImportError: dlopen(/Users/dch1amk/Desktop/simpleNMR_backup_231122/dist/simpleNMR_test1.app/Contents/Resources/lib/python3.10/lib-dynload/_ctypes.so, 2): Library not loaded: @rpath/libffi.8.dylib Referenced from: /Users/dch1amk/Desktop/simpleNMR_backup_231122/dist/simpleNMR_test1.app/Contents/Resources/lib/python3.10/lib-dynload/_ctypes.so Reason: image not found

I am working with python3.10 installed using Anaconda on a Mac running MacOs 10.15 (Catalina). The program I am trying to package is quite long so, for testing purposes I have created a much shorter program, essentially a "hello world" program that retains all the import statements from the original program. I have attached it below. I can produce a working version if I include just the first 5 import statements, but including any of the import statements after that triggers the error.

The supposedly missing package does exist on the system in two places. The first is: /Users/dch1amk/opt/anaconda3/pkgs/libffi-3.4.2-h0d85af4_5/lib/libffi.8.dylib The second is: /Users/dch1amk/opt/anaconda3/envs/my-rdkit-env/lib/libffi.8.dylib my-rdkit-env is the environment required for the original program.

Given that there are two copies of the required file available, I am guessing that this is a problem with the handling of @rpath. Is this a known issue and, if so, is there a workaround? I could not find one in the documentation.

Thanks.

The test program is:

import sys import os import json import webbrowser from functools import partial import PyQt5 from PyQt5 import QtCore from PyQt5 import QtWidgets from PyQt5.QtCore import QUrl from PyQt5.QtCore import pyqtSlot from PyQt5.QtCore import Qt from PyQt5.QtWidgets import QWidget from PyQt5.QtWidgets import QMainWindow from PyQt5.QtWidgets import QApplication from PyQt5.QtWidgets import QFileDialog from PyQt5.QtWidgets import QMessageBox from PyQt5.QtWidgets import QVBoxLayout from PyQt5.QtWidgets import QHBoxLayout from PyQt5.QtWidgets import QLineEdit from PyQt5.QtWidgets import QPushButton from PyQt5.QtWidgets import QSplitter from PyQt5.QtWidgets import QMenu from PyQt5.QtWidgets import QSpinBox from PyQt5.QtWidgets import QLabel from PyQt5.QtWidgets import QAction

from matplotlib.backends.backend_qt5agg import ( FigureCanvasQTAgg, NavigationToolbar2QT as NavigationToolbar, )

from rdkit import Chem

from rdkit.Chem import AllChem from rdkit.Chem import Draw

import networkx as nx

import nx_pylab

import pandas as pd

import numpy as np

from PIL import Image

import platform

from datetime import datetime

print("\nHello") print( "The current date is %s\n" % datetime.today().strftime("%B %d, %Y %H:%M:%S") )

Hey,

Thanks for creating and maintaining py2app, it does wonders for prototyping ideas fast.

I'm on the latest release of py2app, python 3.6.8, and MacOS Monterey.

My app works perfectly when a user launches it manually, but when it is added to the "Login Items" on my mac, it loses all functionality that is not being served by the main thread.

i.e., every thread other than the main thread is not running, from what I can tell.

I have tried to see if the parent process is different when a user launches it vs when it's launched automatically at startup, but that is not the case. From what I can tell everything is identical, yet non-main threads are apparently not running.