cxFreeze and Jaraco: ImportError

Question

I'm trying to create an IRC client using the irclib library. When I try to freeze the script using cxFreeze, however, I always run into that error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\python27\lib\site-packages\cx_Freeze\initscripts\Console.py", line 27, in <module>
    exec(code, m.__dict__)
  File "client.py", line 38, in <module>
ImportError: No module named jaraco

The setup.py script has been modified several times, to try to include files, packages and so on. Nothing seems to work. Here's the current version for reference:

from cx_Freeze import setup, Executable

client = Executable(
    script="client.py",
    base="Win32GUI",
)

setup(
    name = "client",
    version = "0.2",
    description = "client",
    options = {'build_exe': {'includes': ["jaraco"], "packages": ["jaraco"]}},
    executables = [client],
)

The script of the client can be shortened in a single line:

from irc import client

That's all. I'm not using Jaraco, irclib (package irc) is. Jaraco must have been installed as a dependency from irclib.

I've tried to find the reasons why it could happen, but so far, nothing found.

Thanks for your help!

Can you provide the script client.py? And the version of this jaraco that you are using? — Anthony Tuininga, Oct 22 '16 at 15:29
@Tuininga: I'm only importing irc (I edited the post). I don't use Jaraco, but irclib does. I guess it was treated as a dependency when I installed irclib. — vincent-lg, Oct 22 '16 at 16:14

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 24 '16 at 19:33

Well, after some digging around, it seems the same problem exists with zope when freezing an application with twisted. Although I haven't tested it with jaraco, I would imagine it's the same issue. I hope this solution works for users stuck with the same problem:

In your 'site-packages' directory, in the 'jaraco' package, add the 'init.py' file. It can be empty. Why isn't it provided, I have no idea. A package without a 'init.py", for cxFreeze, isn't a package.
Re-run the 'setup.py' script. Don't include 'jaraco' as a package, provide the package that needs it (here, it would be 'irc').

Here's the setup.py script:

from cx_Freeze import setup, Executable

client = Executable(
    script="client.py",
    base="Win32GUI",
)

setup(
    name = "client",
    version = "0.2",
    description = "client",
    options = {'build_exe': {'packages': ["irc"]}},
    executables = [client],
)

I provide this answer because it worked just fine with twisted and zope. Seeing my client uses twisted now for its IRC communication, I don't know if the provided steps below work, but that's what helped me for twisted.

HTH,

cxFreeze and Jaraco: ImportError

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