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I built a python script with pyinstaller, but the executable file is very large. The python file is just a simple gui app with gtk. What is the cause for this?

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Subbu VidyaSekar
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Focal Fossa
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    Does this answer your question? [Reducing size of pyinstaller exe](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/47692213/reducing-size-of-pyinstaller-exe) – Karthik Sep 07 '20 at 11:42
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    Do you feel that an image is the way to convey a file size? – gspr Sep 07 '20 at 11:44

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Have you created a virtualenv for your project? Otherwise it will install all libraries instead of the ones really needed by your application.

If you haven't done that execute the following commands:

python3 -m venv example-env
source example-env\Scripts\activate

Now make sure to install all the libraries using pip3 in this virtualenv.

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