python 3.x - Permission Error When Trying to Use PyInstaller

Question

When trying to deploy a Kivy App using PyInstaller, I am getting Permission Denied errors even when using and Administrator CMD. The folder has all open editing options for every user. Python has firewall access. How to fix this?

PS C:UsersheguyDocumentsPythonmyapp-build> python -m PyInstaller --name "MyApp" "./"
422 INFO: PyInstaller: 3.3.1
422 INFO: Python: 3.6.5
424 INFO: Platform: Windows-10-10.0.17134-SP0
425 INFO: wrote C:UsersheguyDocumentsPythonmyapp-buildmyapp.spec
426 INFO: UPX is not available.
427 INFO: Extending PYTHONPATH with paths
['C:\Users\theguy\Documents\Python',
 'C:\Users\theguy\Documents\Python\myapp-build']
428 INFO: checking Analysis
428 INFO: Building Analysis because out00-Analysis.toc is non existent
429 INFO: Initializing module dependency graph...
432 INFO: Initializing module graph hooks...
434 INFO: Analyzing base_library.zip ...
3859 INFO: running Analysis out00-Analysis.toc
3861 INFO: Adding Microsoft.Windows.Common-Controls to dependent assemblies of final executable
  required by C:Anaconda3python.exe
4398 INFO: Caching module hooks...
4402 INFO: Analyzing C:UserstdavDocumentsPython
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:Anaconda3lib
unpy.py", line 193, in _run_module_as_main
    "__main__", mod_spec)
  File "C:Anaconda3lib
unpy.py", line 85, in _run_code
    exec(code, run_globals)
  File "C:Anaconda3libsite-packagesPyInstaller\__main__.py", line 101, in <module>
    run()
  File "C:Anaconda3libsite-packagesPyInstaller\__main__.py", line 94, in run
    run_build(pyi_config, spec_file, **vars(args))
  File "C:Anaconda3libsite-packagesPyInstaller\__main__.py", line 46, in run_build
    PyInstaller.building.build_main.main(pyi_config, spec_file, **kwargs)
  File "C:Anaconda3libsite-packagesPyInstalleruildinguild_main.py", line 791, in main
    build(specfile, kw.get('distpath'), kw.get('workpath'), kw.get('clean_build'))
  File "C:Anaconda3libsite-packagesPyInstalleruildinguild_main.py", line 737, in build
    exec(text, spec_namespace)
  File "<string>", line 16, in <module>
  File "C:Anaconda3libsite-packagesPyInstalleruildinguild_main.py", line 213, in __init__
    self.__postinit__()
  File "C:Anaconda3libsite-packagesPyInstalleruildingdatastruct.py", line 161, in __postinit__
    self.assemble()
  File "C:Anaconda3libsite-packagesPyInstalleruildinguild_main.py", line 415, in assemble
    priority_scripts.append(self.graph.run_script(script))
  File "C:Anaconda3libsite-packagesPyInstallerdependanalysis.py", line 201, in run_script
    self._top_script_node = super(PyiModuleGraph, self).run_script(pathname)
  File "C:Anaconda3libsite-packagesPyInstallerlibmodulegraphmodulegraph.py", line 1334, in run_script
    with open(pathname, 'rb') as fp:
PermissionError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: 'C:\Users\theguy\Documents\Python\myapp-build'

Answer 1

Trick is to make a new directory outside of the one you are building, and then make the build reference the main.py of the Kivy app like in the code below. This fixes permission errors, even from a regular CMD.

PS C:UsersheguyDocumentsPythonmyapp-build> python -m PyInstaller --name "MyApp" "C:UsersheguyDocumentsPythonmyappmain.py"