PyInstaller can't find rtsp __doc__ file

[ilDeffo]

I'm tryng to create an executable file (that I called Executable, for testing purpose) under Ubuntu 20.04, but I get this error when trying to run ./Executable:

No such file or directory: '/tmp/_MEIIw0x5s/rtsp/__doc__'

The command I used is

pyinstaller main.spec

This is the file main.spec:

# -*- mode: python ; coding: utf-8 -*-


block_cipher = None


a = Analysis(['myproject/main.py'],
             pathex=['/home/deffo/Projects/myproject/venv/lib/python3.8/site-packages',
             '/home/deffo/Projects/myproject/venv/lib/python3.8/site-packages/rtsp'],
             binaries=[],
             datas=[],
             hiddenimports=['rtsp'],
             hookspath=[],
             runtime_hooks=[],
             excludes=[],
             win_no_prefer_redirects=False,
             win_private_assemblies=False,
             cipher=block_cipher,
             noarchive=False)
pyz = PYZ(a.pure, a.zipped_data,
             cipher=block_cipher)
exe = EXE(pyz,
          a.scripts,
          a.binaries,
          a.zipfiles,
          a.datas,
          [],
          name='Executable',
          debug=False,
          bootloader_ignore_signals=False,
          strip=False,
          upx=True,
          upx_exclude=[],
          runtime_tmpdir=None,
          console=True )

I don't understand what am I missing

[bwoodsend]

Edit your spec putting from PyInstaller.utils.hooks import collect_data_files at the top, replace datas=[] with datas=collect_data_files('rtsp'), then rebuild.

[bwoodsend]

PS: You should never add site-packages folders to pathex. If you've remembered to activate your virtual environment then they will be picked up automatically.

[ilDeffo]

It worked, thanks!