Packaging PySide applications on MacOS
Since I have been struggling to get a working Package out of my PySide application I wanted to document the way I found to make it work.
Requirements
- MacPorts Python [trac.macports.org]
- PySide [developer.qt.nokia.com] compiled for the MacPorts Python
Installing PyInstaller from SVN
- svn co http://svn.pyinstaller.org/trunk ~/PyInstaller
- ln -s ~/PyInstaller/pyinstaller /usr/bin/pyinstaller
Because of the Bug #299 [pyinstaller.org] there is a problem with PyInstaller on Mac, but there is a Patch which makes it work: Patch [groups.google.com]
With this Patched version you can start to make a spec file for PyInstaller.
Creating Spec
Here is an example that works for me (main.spec):
- # -*- mode: python -*-
- import sys, shutil
- root = '/Path/to/appname'
- a = Analysis(
- [
- os.path.join(HOMEPATH,'support/_mountzlib.py'),
- os.path.join(CONFIGDIR,'support/useUnicode.py'),
- 'main.py'
- ],
- pathex=[root])
- pyz = PYZ(a.pure)
- exe = EXE( pyz,
- a.scripts,
- a.binaries,
- a.zipfiles,
- a.datas,
- name=os.path.join(root, 'dist', 'main'),
- debug=False,
- strip=None,
- upx=True,
- console=True )
- version = "0.0.1"
- if sys.platform.startswith("darwin"):
- app = BUNDLE(exe,
- name=os.path.join(root, 'dist', 'appname.app'),
- version=version)
- shutil.copytree(
- '/Library/Frameworks/QtGui.framework/Versions/Current/Resources/qt_menu.nib',
- os.path.join(root, 'dist', 'appname.app', 'Contents/Resources/qt_menu.nib'))
- shutil.copy(
- os.path.join(root, "res/app.icns"),
- os.path.join(root, 'dist', 'appname.app', 'Contents/Resources/App.icns'))
Packaging
Now from your terminal interface go to the directory of your app and package it with this command:
- pyinstaller main.spec
