ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'rich'

Hello, im trying to create a .exe from a very simple .py, with only “rich” as external dependancy, but Im getting a ModuleNotFoundError in the compiled exe (but not when executing the .py)

example:

from pathlib import Path
import time
from rich.progress import track

cwd = Path().absolute()

print("Search for *.txt in {cwd}")
for _ in track(range(1000)):
    time.sleep(0.01)

input("done")

In the console it outputs the following error:

C:\Users\bonobo\Documents\GitHub\auto-py-to-exe\output>main.exe
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "main.py", line 3, in <module>
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'rich'
[12116] Failed to execute script 'main' due to unhandled exception!

Im on Python 3.10.0 and am working in a specially created .venv. pip freeze creates the following requirements.txt

colorama==0.4.4
commonmark==0.9.1
Pygments==2.11.1
rich==10.16.2

my current pyinstaller command looks like this:

pyinstaller --noconfirm --onefile --console --clean  "C:\Users\bonobo\Documents\GitHub\gc_automate\main.py"

The --clean flag is necessary because otherwise windows declares the exe as malicious…

The Output of auto-py-to-exe looks like that:

Running auto-py-to-exe v2.13.0
Building directory: C:\Users\bonobo\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp7sl9kf6n
Provided command: pyinstaller --noconfirm --onefile --console --clean  "C:\Users\bonobo\Documents\GitHub\gc_automate\main.py"
Recursion Limit is set to 5000
Executing: pyinstaller --noconfirm --onefile --console --clean C:\Users\bonobo\Documents\GitHub\gc_automate\main.py --distpath C:\Users\bonobo\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp7sl9kf6n\application --workpath C:\Users\bonobo\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp7sl9kf6n\build --specpath C:\Users\bonobo\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp7sl9kf6n

413103 INFO: PyInstaller: 4.7
413114 INFO: Python: 3.10.0
413130 INFO: Platform: Windows-10-10.0.19042-SP0
413132 INFO: wrote C:\Users\bonobo\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp7sl9kf6n\main.spec
413148 INFO: UPX is not available.
413149 INFO: Removing temporary files and cleaning cache in C:\Users\bonobo\AppData\Local\pyinstaller
413170 INFO: Extending PYTHONPATH with paths
['C:\\Users\\bonobo\\Documents\\GitHub\\gc_automate']
413367 INFO: checking Analysis
413369 INFO: Building Analysis because Analysis-03.toc is non existent
413386 INFO: Reusing cached module dependency graph...
413447 INFO: Caching module graph hooks...
413550 INFO: running Analysis Analysis-03.toc
413555 INFO: Adding Microsoft.Windows.Common-Controls to dependent assemblies of final executable
  required by C:\Users\bonobo\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\python.exe
413633 INFO: Analyzing C:\Users\bonobo\Documents\GitHub\gc_automate\main.py
413636 INFO: Processing module hooks...
413637 INFO: Loading module hook 'hook-difflib.py' from 'C:\\Users\\bonobo\\Documents\\GitHub\\auto-py-to-exe\\.venv\\lib\\site-packages\\PyInstaller\\hooks'...
413650 INFO: Loading module hook 'hook-distutils.py' from 'C:\\Users\\bonobo\\Documents\\GitHub\\auto-py-to-exe\\.venv\\lib\\site-packages\\PyInstaller\\hooks'...
413665 INFO: Loading module hook 'hook-distutils.util.py' from 'C:\\Users\\bonobo\\Documents\\GitHub\\auto-py-to-exe\\.venv\\lib\\site-packages\\PyInstaller\\hooks'...
413681 INFO: Loading module hook 'hook-encodings.py' from 'C:\\Users\\bonobo\\Documents\\GitHub\\auto-py-to-exe\\.venv\\lib\\site-packages\\PyInstaller\\hooks'...
413768 INFO: Loading module hook 'hook-heapq.py' from 'C:\\Users\\bonobo\\Documents\\GitHub\\auto-py-to-exe\\.venv\\lib\\site-packages\\PyInstaller\\hooks'...
413784 INFO: Loading module hook 'hook-lib2to3.py' from 'C:\\Users\\bonobo\\Documents\\GitHub\\auto-py-to-exe\\.venv\\lib\\site-packages\\PyInstaller\\hooks'...
413867 INFO: Loading module hook 'hook-multiprocessing.util.py' from 'C:\\Users\\bonobo\\Documents\\GitHub\\auto-py-to-exe\\.venv\\lib\\site-packages\\PyInstaller\\hooks'...
413871 INFO: Loading module hook 'hook-pickle.py' from 'C:\\Users\\bonobo\\Documents\\GitHub\\auto-py-to-exe\\.venv\\lib\\site-packages\\PyInstaller\\hooks'...
413879 INFO: Loading module hook 'hook-sysconfig.py' from 'C:\\Users\\bonobo\\Documents\\GitHub\\auto-py-to-exe\\.venv\\lib\\site-packages\\PyInstaller\\hooks'...
413894 INFO: Loading module hook 'hook-xml.etree.cElementTree.py' from 'C:\\Users\\bonobo\\Documents\\GitHub\\auto-py-to-exe\\.venv\\lib\\site-packages\\PyInstaller\\hooks'...
413897 INFO: Loading module hook 'hook-xml.py' from 'C:\\Users\\bonobo\\Documents\\GitHub\\auto-py-to-exe\\.venv\\lib\\site-packages\\PyInstaller\\hooks'...
413941 INFO: Loading module hook 'hook-_tkinter.py' from 'C:\\Users\\bonobo\\Documents\\GitHub\\auto-py-to-exe\\.venv\\lib\\site-packages\\PyInstaller\\hooks'...
414094 INFO: checking Tree
414101 INFO: Building Tree because Tree-09.toc is non existent
414117 INFO: Building Tree Tree-09.toc
414179 INFO: checking Tree
414195 INFO: Building Tree because Tree-10.toc is non existent
414196 INFO: Building Tree Tree-10.toc
414275 INFO: checking Tree
414290 INFO: Building Tree because Tree-11.toc is non existent
414306 INFO: Building Tree Tree-11.toc
414325 INFO: Looking for ctypes DLLs
414348 INFO: Analyzing run-time hooks ...
414351 INFO: Including run-time hook 'C:\\Users\\bonobo\\Documents\\GitHub\\auto-py-to-exe\\.venv\\lib\\site-packages\\PyInstaller\\hooks\\rthooks\\pyi_rth_inspect.py'
414370 INFO: Including run-time hook 'C:\\Users\\bonobo\\Documents\\GitHub\\auto-py-to-exe\\.venv\\lib\\site-packages\\PyInstaller\\hooks\\rthooks\\pyi_rth_pkgutil.py'
414387 INFO: Including run-time hook 'C:\\Users\\bonobo\\Documents\\GitHub\\auto-py-to-exe\\.venv\\lib\\site-packages\\PyInstaller\\hooks\\rthooks\\pyi_rth_multiprocessing.py'
414406 INFO: Looking for dynamic libraries
414590 INFO: Looking for eggs
414599 INFO: Using Python library C:\Users\bonobo\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\python310.dll
414601 INFO: Found binding redirects: 
[]
414616 INFO: Warnings written to C:\Users\bonobo\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp7sl9kf6n\build\main\warn-main.txt
414657 INFO: Graph cross-reference written to C:\Users\bonobo\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp7sl9kf6n\build\main\xref-main.html
414667 INFO: checking PYZ
414677 INFO: Building PYZ because PYZ-03.toc is non existent
414679 INFO: Building PYZ (ZlibArchive) C:\Users\bonobo\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp7sl9kf6n\build\main\PYZ-03.pyz
415146 INFO: Building PYZ (ZlibArchive) C:\Users\bonobo\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp7sl9kf6n\build\main\PYZ-03.pyz completed successfully.
415167 INFO: checking PKG
415175 INFO: Building PKG because PKG-03.toc is non existent
415191 INFO: Building PKG (CArchive) main.pkg
416724 INFO: Building PKG (CArchive) main.pkg completed successfully.
416737 INFO: Bootloader C:\Users\bonobo\Documents\GitHub\auto-py-to-exe\.venv\lib\site-packages\PyInstaller\bootloader\Windows-64bit\run.exe
416751 INFO: checking EXE
416766 INFO: Building EXE because EXE-03.toc is non existent
416781 INFO: Building EXE from EXE-03.toc
416797 INFO: Copying bootloader EXE to C:\Users\bonobo\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp7sl9kf6n\application\main.exe
416855 INFO: Copying icon to EXE
416875 INFO: Copying icons from ['C:\\Users\\bonobo\\Documents\\GitHub\\auto-py-to-exe\\.venv\\lib\\site-packages\\PyInstaller\\bootloader\\images\\icon-console.ico']
416894 INFO: Writing RT_GROUP_ICON 0 resource with 104 bytes
416896 INFO: Writing RT_ICON 1 resource with 3752 bytes
416908 INFO: Writing RT_ICON 2 resource with 2216 bytes
416910 INFO: Writing RT_ICON 3 resource with 1384 bytes
416924 INFO: Writing RT_ICON 4 resource with 37019 bytes
416940 INFO: Writing RT_ICON 5 resource with 9640 bytes
416956 INFO: Writing RT_ICON 6 resource with 4264 bytes
416958 INFO: Writing RT_ICON 7 resource with 1128 bytes
416962 INFO: Copying 0 resources to EXE
416972 INFO: Emedding manifest in EXE
416975 INFO: Updating manifest in C:\Users\bonobo\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp7sl9kf6n\application\main.exe
417031 INFO: Updating resource type 24 name 1 language 0
417038 INFO: Appending PKG archive to EXE
418376 INFO: Building EXE from EXE-03.toc completed successfully.

Moving project to: C:\Users\bonobo\Documents\GitHub\auto-py-to-exe\output
Complete.

the flag --hidden-import "rich" doesn’t seem to change the .exe (same size). without rich it works just fine.

[brentvollebregt]

There is a good chance you were running auto-py-to-exe with a Python installation that did not have rich installed - most likely the venv you were using (by the looks of it).

I give some tips on this in my post here if you’re curious on how to figure out what went wrong.

[EbenenBonobo]

ah, got it! thanks for the explanation!