Not able to run Pyinstaller executable on Linux

Question

I am trying out pyinstaller for the first time. I created a file named hello.py with just one line of code:

print "hello"

I used the following command to make a binary:

pyinstaller hello.py

The process completed successfully and a binary was created at dist/hello. I am not able to run this binary file. When I tried to run it from the terminal, I got,

bash: .: hello: cannot execute binary file

I tried to double click it from nautilus but nothing is happening. How can I run this binary file?

I am using Ubuntu 16.04

What's the output of the command file /path/to/yourexecutable/hello? — Locoluis
– Locoluis, Commented Sep 12, 2017 at 13:56
Also, you need the whole dist/hello folder, not just the executable. — Locoluis
– Locoluis, Commented Sep 12, 2017 at 14:03
@Locoluis, I am running the file from the dist folder itself. The output is hello: ELF 64-bit LSB executable, x86-64, version 1 (SYSV), dynamically linked, interpreter /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2, for GNU/Linux 2.6.32, BuildID[sha1]=373ec5dee826653796e927ac3d65c9a8ec7db9da, stripped — Piyush Shrivastava
– Piyush Shrivastava, Commented Sep 12, 2017 at 14:07

Piyush Shrivastava · Accepted Answer · 2017-09-13 08:32:53Z

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Got it running by typing the relative path dist/hello in terminal

answered Sep 13, 2017 at 8:32

Piyush Shrivastava

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Night Programmer Over a year ago

tq u bro... I was facing same problem... tq so much

lenivaya10001 · Accepted Answer · 2018-05-12 20:12:03Z

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for linux (tested on ubuntu 16.04 python3) pyinstaller hello.py --onefile it create one file named hello. Then go inside dist folder use terminal cd dist. Then ./hello. Looks not as windows way , but work. ./hello is something like , run outside...

answered May 12, 2018 at 20:12

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