FWIW, I think this is a great idea -- that dir can get VERY cluttered. But it may be a challenge, particularly on Windows, as the model for dlls is to look for them "alongside" the exe they link to.
But maybe adding to PATH, or putting in a link or shortcut for the main.exe file could work? -CHB On Wed, Jul 8, 2020 at 8:04 AM 进陆 <lepto.pyt...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Currently, the pyinstaller copies many DLLs and PYDs to the `dist\main\` > directory where `main.exe` lives. So it takes some time for a user to find > the real application file to launch. > > I know pyinstaller can produce a single executable file. But it will be at > least 40M if wxPython is used. > > My question is, how to tell pyinstaller to copy DLLs, PYDs and other > python modules into a directory, for example `supporting`, so there is only > 2 files, i.e. `main.exe` and `main.exe.manifest` under the `dist\main\` > directory? > > Thanks > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "PyInstaller" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to pyinstaller+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pyinstaller/81b5a35e-b240-4e8c-866a-c60fe5e13766o%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pyinstaller/81b5a35e-b240-4e8c-866a-c60fe5e13766o%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- Christopher Barker, Ph.D. Oceanographer Emergency Response Division NOAA/NOS/OR&R (206) 526-6959 voice 7600 Sand Point Way NE (206) 526-6329 fax Seattle, WA 98115 (206) 526-6317 main reception chris.bar...@noaa.gov -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "PyInstaller" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to pyinstaller+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pyinstaller/CALGmxEJXXcRrpstdo_k6eFV5zu3yYH1i_fctk2zEieUawFeXGA%40mail.gmail.com.