FBS cannot find makensis even though it is installed

[adwaye]

Running fbs installer on my application gives the following error:

• Your operating system(s): Microsoft Windows 10 Enterprise, 10.0.190044 build 19044
• Your Python version: 3.6
• Your fbs version: 1.1.9
• Your PyInstaller version: 3.4

• Your PyQt / PySide version: PyQt5==5.15.6

  (pyqt5) C:\Users\goku\PycharmProjects\fbsProject>fbs startproject
  (pyqt5) C:\Users\goku\PycharmProjects\fbsProject>fbs freeze
  (pyqt5) C:\Users\goku\PycharmProjects\fbsProject>fbs installer

  Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "c:\Users\amr62\Documents\python_environments\pyqt5\Scripts\fbs-script.py", line 33, in <module>
    sys.exit(load_entry_point('fbs==1.1.9', 'console_scripts', 'fbs')())
  File "c:\users\amr62\documents\python_environments\pyqt5\lib\site-packages\fbs\__main__.py", line 17, in _main
    fbs.cmdline.main()
  File "c:\users\amr62\documents\python_environments\pyqt5\lib\site-packages\fbs\cmdline.py", line 32, in main
    fn(*args)
  File "c:\users\amr62\documents\python_environments\pyqt5\lib\site-packages\fbs\builtin_commands\__init__.py", line 188, in insta
  ller
    create_installer_windows()
  File "c:\users\amr62\documents\python_environments\pyqt5\lib\site-packages\fbs\installer\windows.py", line 16, in create_install
  er_windows
    ) from None
  FileNotFoundError: fbs could not find executable 'makensis'. Please install NSIS and add its installation directory to your PATH e
  nvironment variable.

(pyqt5) C:\Users\goku\PycharmProjects\fbsProject>echo %NSIS%
C:\Program Files (x86)\NSIS
(pyqt5) C:\Users\goku\PycharmProjects\fbsProject>echo %makensis%
C:\Program Files (x86)\NSIS\makensis.exe

Would be grateful for any help on this.

[gabrieljreed]

I know this is late, but did you add it to the windows PATH? After you've done that, you may need to restart your terminal and/or machine (depending on if you added to User path or System path).

[meramsey]

Yeah would be user user env path and a reboot should do it. I think if you run powershell refreshenv it might work without a reboot but a reboot is probably the safest way to ensure it.

It is very similiar to signtool snippet i put up awhile back https://github.com/mherrmann/fbs-tutorial/pull/47/files#diff-04c6e90faac2675aa89e2176d2eec7d8

[Ban2Me]

Under Windows, in your terminal use: set PATH=%PATH%;C:\Program Files (x86)\NSIS. This should fix your issue