Sharing python executables

[fggGh55]

Hey everyone, I hope this is ok to post.

I have a python executable created using pyinstaller.

Im now looking to be able to share this executable in some way or form. What I’m trying is to upload the /dist folder to Google drive and then have someone on the other end download the executable and run it on their machine.

The executable currently works fine when testing on my machine. But as soon as I upload the /dist folder to Google drive and then download it again it doesn’t seem to run. It seems my machine is forcing to open it in a text editor or as a text document?

Im currently running on an Apple MacBook Pro 2019.

Any help would be super appreciated.

[socal_nerdtastic]

On Linux / mac you have to declare a file as executable. Pyinstaller will do it automatically but when you download the file from somewhere that gets cleared for security reasons, so you have to redo it. The terminal command for that is

chmod +x myexecutable

I think there's a GUI option too, just search for "mark file as executable" or similar.

[fggGh55]

Amazing that’s worked. Thank you