Attempted MacOS App build using Py2app

[KipTwitchell]

I have attempted to build a MacOS app of tnz using py2app, but was not quite successful. I thought I'd give the results of my work, in case it's useful.

Here's the link to py2app

1. I installed py2app on my machine using

pip3 install -U py2app

2. I created a file called tnzMacOS.py with the following contents:

from distutils.core import setup

APP = ['setup.py']
DATA_FILES = []
OPTIONS = {
    'argv_emulation': True, 
    'site_packages': True,
    #'iconfile': 'appicon.icns',
    'plist': {
        'CFBundleName': 'tnz',
    }
}
setup(
    app=APP,
    data_files=DATA_FILES,
    options={'py2app': OPTIONS},
    setup_requires=['py2app'],
)

3. I built the app using the following command:

python3 tnzMacOS.py py2app

4. There are various imports not found. I don't know enough to debug these:

Modules not found (unconditional imports):
 * _io._WindowsConsoleIO (importlib._bootstrap_external)
 * _overlapped (asyncio.windows_events)
 * _tkinter (tkinter)
 * com (com.sun.jna)
 * com.jna (com.sun)
 * com.sun (com.sun.jna.platform)
 * jinja2 (pkg_resources._vendor.pyparsing.diagram)
 * packaging (setuptools.config._validate_pyproject.formats)
 * pyparsing (pkg_resources._vendor.pyparsing.diagram)
 * railroad (pkg_resources._vendor.pyparsing.diagram)
 * setuptools.extern.jaraco (setuptools._entry_points, setuptools._reqs, setuptools.command.egg_info) [module alias]
 * setuptools.extern.jaraco.functools (setuptools._entry_points) [module alias]
 * setuptools.extern.jaraco.text (setuptools._entry_points, setuptools._reqs, setuptools.command.egg_info) [module alias]
 * setuptools.extern.more_itertools (setuptools._entry_points, setuptools._itertools, setuptools.dist) [module alias]
 * setuptools.extern.packaging (setuptools.config._apply_pyprojecttoml, setuptools.config.setupcfg, setuptools.depends, setuptools.dist, setuptools.extern.packaging, setuptools.wheel) [module alias]
 * setuptools.extern.packaging.requirements (setuptools.config.setupcfg) [module alias]
 * setuptools.extern.packaging.specifiers (setuptools.config.setupcfg) [module alias]
 * setuptools.extern.packaging.tags (setuptools.wheel) [module alias]
 * setuptools.extern.packaging.utils (setuptools.wheel) [module alias]
 * setuptools.extern.packaging.version (setuptools.command.egg_info, setuptools.config.setupcfg, setuptools.extern, setuptools.extern.packaging.requirements, setuptools.extern.packaging.specifiers, setuptools.extern.packaging.tags, setuptools.extern.packaging.utils, setuptools.extern.packaging.version) [module alias]
 * setuptools.extern.pyparsing (setuptools._vendor.packaging.markers, setuptools._vendor.packaging.requirements) [module alias]
 * trove_classifiers (setuptools.config._validate_pyproject.formats)
 * win32com (win32com)
 * win32com.shell (win32com.shell)
 * win32com.shellcon (win32com.shell)

Modules not found (conditional imports):
 * _manylinux (pkg_resources._vendor.packaging._manylinux, setuptools._vendor.packaging._manylinux)
 * com (pkg_resources._vendor.appdirs)
 * com.sun.jna (pkg_resources._vendor.appdirs)
 * com.sun.jna.platform (pkg_resources._vendor.appdirs)
 * importlib_metadata (setuptools._importlib)
 * pep517 (importlib.metadata)
 * setuptools.extern.more_itertools (setuptools._entry_points, setuptools._itertools, setuptools.dist) [module alias]
 * setuptools.extern.packaging.specifiers (setuptools.config.setupcfg) [module alias]
 * win32com (pkg_resources._vendor.appdirs)
 * win32com.shell (pkg_resources._vendor.appdirs)

Done!

5. when I attempt to open the app using

~/tnz/dist/tnz.app/Contents/MacOS

I get the following output:

/Users/ktwitchell001/tnz/dist/tnz.app/Contents/MacOS/tnz ; exit;
ktwitchell001@Kips-MacBook-Pro ~ % /Users/ktwitchell001/tnz/dist/tnz.app/Contents/MacOS/tnz ; exit;
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/Users/ktwitchell001/tnz/dist/tnz.app/Contents/Resources/__boot__.py", line 527, in <module>
    _run()
  File "/Users/ktwitchell001/tnz/dist/tnz.app/Contents/Resources/__boot__.py", line 450, in _run
    exec(compile(source, path, "exec"), globals(), globals())
  File "/Users/ktwitchell001/tnz/dist/tnz.app/Contents/Resources/setup.py", line 9, in <module>
    from setuptools import setup
  File "setuptools/__init__.pyc", line 8, in <module>
  File "_distutils_hack/override.pyc", line 1, in <module>
  File "_distutils_hack/__init__.pyc", line 77, in do_override
  File "_distutils_hack/__init__.pyc", line 64, in ensure_local_distutils
AssertionError: /Users/ktwitchell001/tnz/dist/tnz.app/Contents/Resources/lib/python310.zip/distutils/core.pyc
2022-08-30 16:09:54.654 tnz[78496:1126837] Launch error
2022-08-30 16:09:54.654 tnz[78496:1126837] Launch error

Hope perhaps something there is useful

[najohnsn]

After taking a quick look at py2app, I don't believe you want to use the tnz setup.py, which is what I think APP = ['setup.py'] is doing. I think that the configuration your doing has similarities to the tnz setup.py. But in this case I think you want APP = ['tnz/zti.py'] ... which I think is similar to the tnz setup.py console_scripts entry_point zti=tnz.zti:main.

Also, you may need to include logging.json as a data file.