fbs freeze fails with Python 3.5

[isaurabhprakash]

I get the following message on fbs freeze :

Traceback (most recent call last): File "c:\users\saurabh.prakash\appdata\local\programs\python\python35\lib\runpy.py", line 170, in _run_module_as_main "main", mod_spec) File "c:\users\saurabh.prakash\appdata\local\programs\python\python35\lib\runpy.py", line 85, in _run_code exec(code, run_globals) File "C:\Users\saurabh.prakash\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python35\Scripts\pyinstaller.exe__main.py", line 7, in File "c:\users\saurabh.prakash\appdata\local\programs\python\python35\lib\site-packages\PyInstaller__main__.py", line 114, in run run_build(pyi_config, spec_file, vars(args)) File "c:\users\saurabh.prakash\appdata\local\programs\python\python35\lib\site-packages\PyInstaller__main__.py", line 65, in run_build PyInstaller.building.build_main.main(pyi_config, spec_file, kwargs) File "c:\users\saurabh.prakash\appdata\local\programs\python\python35\lib\site-packages\PyInstaller\building\build_main.py", line 734, in main build(specfile, kw.get('distpath'), kw.get('workpath'), kw.get('clean_build')) File "c:\users\saurabh.prakash\appdata\local\programs\python\python35\lib\site-packages\PyInstaller\building\build_main.py", line 681, in build exec(code, spec_namespace) File "D:\OneDrive - Tally Solutions Pvt. Ltd\desktop\Tracker\target\PyInstaller\Tracker.spec", line 17, in noarchive=False) File "c:\users\saurabh.prakash\appdata\local\programs\python\python35\lib\site-packages\PyInstaller\building\build_main.py", line 244, in init self.postinit() File "c:\users\saurabh.prakash\appdata\local\programs\python\python35\lib\site-packages\PyInstaller\building\datastruct.py", line 160, in postinit self.assemble() File "c:\users\saurabh.prakash\appdata\local\programs\python\python35\lib\site-packages\PyInstaller\building\build_main.py", line 343, in assemble excludes=self.excludes, user_hook_dirs=self.hookspath) File "c:\users\saurabh.prakash\appdata\local\programs\python\python35\lib\site-packages\PyInstaller\depend\analysis.py", line 734, in initialize_modgraph user_hook_dirs=user_hook_dirs, File "c:\users\saurabh.prakash\appdata\local\programs\python\python35\lib\site-packages\PyInstaller\depend\analysis.py", line 116, in init self._reset(user_hook_dirs) File "c:\users\saurabh.prakash\appdata\local\programs\python\python35\lib\site-packages\PyInstaller\depend\analysis.py", line 134, in _reset self._hooks = self._cache_hooks("") File "c:\users\saurabh.prakash\appdata\local\programs\python\python35\lib\site-packages\PyInstaller\depend\analysis.py", line 215, in _cache_hooks return ModuleHookCache(self, hook_dirs) File "c:\users\saurabh.prakash\appdata\local\programs\python\python35\lib\site-packages\PyInstaller\depend\imphook.py", line 100, in init self._cache_hook_dirs(hook_dirs) File "c:\users\saurabh.prakash\appdata\local\programs\python\python35\lib\site-packages\PyInstaller\depend\imphook.py", line 133, in _cache_hook_dirs hook_module_name_prefix=self._hook_module_name_prefix, File "c:\users\saurabh.prakash\appdata\local\programs\python\python35\lib\site-packages\PyInstaller\depend\imphook.py", line 289, in init assert self.hook_module_name not in HOOKS_MODULE_NAMES AssertionError Traceback (most recent call last): File "C:\Users\saurabh.prakash\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python35\Scripts\fbs-script.py", line 9, in load_entry_point('fbs==0.8.4', 'console_scripts', 'fbs')() File "c:\users\saurabh.prakash\appdata\local\programs\python\python35\lib\site-packages\fbs__main.py", line 17, in _main fbs.cmdline.main() File "c:\users\saurabh.prakash\appdata\local\programs\python\python35\lib\site-packages\fbs\cmdline.py", line 32, in main fn(*args) File "c:\users\saurabh.prakash\appdata\local\programs\python\python35\lib\site-packages\fbs\builtin_commands\init__.py", line 120, in freeze freeze_windows(debug=debug) File "c:\users\saurabh.prakash\appdata\local\programs\python\python35\lib\site-packages\fbs\freeze\windows.py", line 18, in freeze_windows run_pyinstaller(args, debug) File "c:\users\saurabh.prakash\appdata\local\programs\python\python35\lib\site-packages\fbs\freeze\init__.py", line 47, in run_pyinstaller run(args, check=True) File "c:\users\saurabh.prakash\appdata\local\programs\python\python35\lib\subprocess.py", line 711, in run output=stdout, stderr=stderr) subprocess.CalledProcessError: Command '['pyinstaller', '--name', 'Tracker', '--noupx', '--log-level', 'ERROR', '--noconfirm', '--windowed', '--icon', 'D:\OneDrive - Tally Solutions Pvt. Ltd\desktop\Tracker\src\main\icons\Icon.ico', '--distpath', 'D:\OneDrive - Tally Solutions Pvt. Ltd\desktop\Tracker\target', '--specpath', 'D:\OneDrive - Tally Solutions Pvt. Ltd\desktop\Tracker\target\PyInstaller', '--workpath', 'D:\OneDrive - Tally Solutions Pvt. Ltd\desktop\Tracker\target\PyInstaller', '--additional-hooks-dir', 'c:\users\saurabh.prakash\appdata\local\programs\python\python35\lib\site-packages\fbs\freeze\hooks', '--runtime-hook', 'D:\OneDrive - Tally Solutions Pvt. Ltd\desktop\Tracker\target\PyInstaller\fbs_pyinstaller_hook.py', 'D:\OneDrive - Tally Solutions Pvt. Ltd\desktop\Tracker\src\main\python\main.py']' returned non-zero exit status 1

[saprrow]

If the version of your PyInstaller in your venv is 3.5 or 3.6, downgrading PyInstaller to 3.4 may help.

[mherrmann]

Thank you for commenting @saprrow.