Unclear/incomplete installation instructions for self-contained executable

[bwbug]

Following the instructions here (penultimate paragraph), I attempted a bare-metal installation on Windows (i.e., no prior installation of Python or any Python modules) using the following PowerShell expression:

pyinstaller --onefile emailproxy.py --hidden-import timeago.locales.en

Running the resulting emailproxy.exe executable results in the error message "ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'cryptography'".

What steps am I missing? Prior to executing the above expression, I installed Python 3.11.1 and PyInstaller 5.7.0, then edited the emailproxy.config file, but otherwise did not install or download any other modules.

[simonrob]

ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'cryptography'

This is the key error – you have not installed the script's requirements first. Please follow the main instructions first before doing this (I'll clarify this part).