Turn Python code into EXE - using pyinstaller

I show how to generate a requirements.txt (essential to Python projects), and how to generate a single exe file from a Python project using "pyinstaller."

TL;DR - I show how to generate a requirements.txt (essential to Python projects), and how to generate a single exe file from a Python project using "pyinstaller."

fuzzyListDedupeGUI

The below GUI is from a project I used Tkinter and ChatGPT on check it out 😁.
https://blog.cybersader.com/fuzzy-deduplicate-bullet-points-from-chatgpt/

How to Generate an EXE from the Python Code

Using PyInstaller — PyInstaller 5.8.0 documentation

1. Navigate to your project directory in the terminal using the cd command - navigate to wherever your Python code and virtual environment are.
2. Use the pipreqs library to generate your requirements.txt file.
   
   This is essential when creating Python projects so that other people can replicate the attached libraries and dependencies. In the case of my program, the only dependency is the "fuzzywuzzy" library which will show up as fuzzywuzzy==0.18.0 in the requirements.txt file
   
   To use piqreqs use the following commands while in the same directory as your Python file:
   pip install pipreqs
pipreqs . --force
   
   This will scan the Python files in the current directory and generate a requirements.txt file that includes all the necessary dependencies.
   
   The --force option will overwrite the existing requirements.txt file if one already exists.
   
   Note: The dot . indicates the current directory. You can also specify a path to a specific directory if your Python files are located elsewhere.
   
3. Use PyInstaller to create the EXE file. Run the following commands in your CLI:
   
   pip install pyinstaller
   — THEN RUN —
   pyinstaller --noconsole --onefile --paths=[path to the folder with your dependencies in it] main.py
   
    If you're using a virtual environment then the path to the "lib" (libraries/dependency code) folder will be used in the command similar to this: pyinstall --noconsole --onefile --path=./venv/Libs/site-packages main.py . This is how I did it with the code generated using Pycharm as my IDE/editor.
   
   I use the --noconsole flag because I didn't want a console to pop up when I run the exe by double-clicking it.

Note on Virtual Environment Issues in Pycharm

If I ever get the "activate.ps1" error, I just do the following in Pycharm: