From 49b6843c78a4d6fba6ae7d0d4d8b579b0de1984c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Vadim Zeitlin Date: Sat, 17 Oct 2020 16:16:53 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Update PyInstaller instructions to mention the exact version Installing it without specifying the version attempts to install v4.0 which is incompatible with Python 2.7. --- distrib/README | 13 ++++--------- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) diff --git a/distrib/README b/distrib/README index f4dbbc65..716fda11 100644 --- a/distrib/README +++ b/distrib/README @@ -15,17 +15,12 @@ bakefile-X.Y.Z-bin.tar.bz2. 2. Making Windows distribution ------------------------------ -1. Install a recent version of Python 2.7 (last tested with 2.7.15). +1. Install a recent version of Python 2.7 (last tested with 2.7.15) and + make sure Python's Scripts directory (e.g. C:\Python27\Scripts) is in PATH. -2. Make sure Python's Scripts directory (typically C:\Python27\Scripts) is in PATH. +2. Install PyInstaller v3.6 (latest version compatible with PyInstaller 2.7): -2. Install PyInstaller: - - $ pip2 install pyinstaller - - Or to install the 3.4 version these instructions were last tested with: - - $ pip2 install pyinstaller==3.4 + $ pip2 install pyinstaller==3.6 3. Check that upx and zip are in PATH.