PyInstaller Unable to Open Directory

[MrAnon89]

Hello, so the problem is, i tried to make my facedetection.py file to exe file using
pyinstaller --onefile --windowed facedetection.py
But when i open the exe file in dist i got this error

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "facedetection.py", line 2, in
File "", line 1176, in _find_and_load
File "", line 1147, in _find_and_load_unlocked
File "", line 690, in load_unlocked
File "PyInstaller\loader\pyimod02_importers.py", line 419, in exec_module
File "face_recognition_init.py", line 7, in
File "", line 1176, in _find_and_load
File "", line 1147, in _find_and_load_unlocked
File "", line 690, in _load_unlocked
File "PyInstaller\loader\pyimod02_importers.py", line 419, in exec_module
File "face_recognition\api.py", line 20, in
RuntimeError: Unable to open C:\Users\Yand_Mat\AppData\Local\Temp_MEI3802\face_recognition_models\models\shape_predictor_68_face_landmarks.dat

The problem is my shape_predictor_68_face_landmarks.dat is not located there
i've been using
pyinstaller --onefile --windowed --add-data=SOURCE:DEST "my\shape_predictor_68_face_landmarks.dat\location" facedetection.py
but i get this error

'D:\Coding\Python\Facedetection\Procces_4']
2187 INFO: Appending 'datas' from .spec
Unable to find 'D:\Coding\Python\Facedetection\Procces_4\SOURCE' when adding binary and data files.

Can Anyone help me with this problem please

[bwoodsend]

--add-data=SOURCE:DEST

You need to replace SOURCE and DEST with the source and destination locations of the missing file. How else is PyInstaller supposed to know what file to collect?

That said, it's easier to collect a whole package's data files (i.e. use --collect-data=face_recognition_models).

[MrAnon89]

Thanks for helping, after i tried to remove the SOURCE:DEST , i got this error

pyinstaller: error: argument --add-data: Wrong syntax, should be --add-data=SOURCE:DEST

and when i tried the second option which is using --collect-data i got this long error

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "", line 198, in run_module_as_main
File "", line 88, in run_code
File "C:\Users\Yand_Mat\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python311\Scripts\pyinstaller.exe_main.py", line 7, in
File "C:\Users\Yand_Mat\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python311\Lib\site-packages\PyInstaller_main.py", line 228, in console_script_run
run()
File "C:\Users\Yand_Mat\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python311\Lib\site-packages\PyInstaller_main.py", line 212, in run
run_build(pyi_config, spec_file, **vars(args))
File "C:\Users\Yand_Mat\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python311\Lib\site-packages\PyInstaller_main_.py", line 69, in run_build
PyInstaller.building.build_main.main(pyi_config, spec_file, **kwargs)
File "C:\Users\Yand_Mat\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python311\Lib\site-packages\PyInstaller\building\build_main.py", line 1139, in main
build(specfile, distpath, workpath, clean_build)
File "C:\Users\Yand_Mat\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python311\Lib\site-packages\PyInstaller\building\build_main.py", line 1076, in build
code = compile(f.read(), spec, 'exec')
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "D:\Coding\Python\Facedetection\Procces_4\facedetection.spec", line 5
datas += collect_data_files('C:\Users\Yand_Mat\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python311\Lib\site-packages\face_recognition_models\models\shape_predictor_68_face_landmarks.dat')
^
SyntaxError: (unicode error) 'unicodeescape' codec can't decode bytes in position 2-3: truncated \UXXXXXXXX escape

Or maybe Downgrade my python can help?
is there any solution to this, Thank you

[bwoodsend]

That is not what I told you to do. I very specifically suggested --collect-data=face_recognition_models – not --collect-data=C:\Users\Yand_Mat\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python311\Lib\site-packages\face_recognition_models\models\shape_predictor_68_face_landmarks.dat.

[MrAnon89]

Ah it's work Thank you so much for your help
Now pyinstaller can open face_recognition_model
and sorry for the Troubles