I am trying to make a python desktop app with PyQt6. I want to make it into a clickable app by using pyinstaller but I get a "app closed unexpectedly" error when I try to run the app from finder. Equally I cant run the app from terminal either but the app works fine when run through my IDE without pyinstaller.
To test it isnt my app, I have made a fresh environment with different python versions and used the following simple app code from the PyQt website (https://www.pythonguis.com/tutorials/pyqt6-creating-your-first-window/)
Python version 3.9
pyinstaller version 5.13.0
pyqt6 version 6.5.2
When trying to launch the app and it crashes, sending the logs to apple gives a segmentation fault as follows:
Exception Type: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGSEGV)
Exception Codes: KERN_INVALID_ADDRESS at 0x0000000000000008
Exception Codes: 0x0000000000000001, 0x0000000000000008
Termination Reason: Namespace SIGNAL, Code 11 Segmentation fault: 11
Terminating Process: exc handler [26876]
VM Region Info: 0x8 is not in any region. Bytes before following region: 105553518919672
REGION TYPE START - END [ VSIZE] PRT/MAX SHRMOD REGION DETAIL
UNUSED SPACE AT START
--->
MALLOC_NANO (reserved) 600018000000-600020000000 [128.0M] rw-/rwx SM=NUL ...(unallocated)
Thread 0 Crashed:: Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread
0 CoreFoundation 0x1922c665c _CFGetNonObjCTypeID + 92
1 CoreFoundation 0x1921982ec CFBundleCopyBundleURL + 24
2 QtCore 0x102380a5c QLibraryInfoPrivate::path(QLibraryInfo::LibraryPath, QLibraryInfoPrivate::UsageMode) + 440
3 QtCore 0x1023810ac QLibraryInfoPrivate::path(QLibraryInfo::LibraryPath, QLibraryInfoPrivate::UsageMode) + 2056
4 QtCore 0x1023b7470 0x102374000 + 275568
5 QtCore 0x1023b6a6c 0x102374000 + 273004
6 QtCore 0x1023b8fd4 0x102374000 + 282580
7 QtCore 0x1023b5c58 QLoggingCategory::QLoggingCategory(char const*, QtMsgType) + 52
8 QtCore.abi3.so 0x10509cde0 warmUpLocationServices() + 268
9 QtCore.abi3.so 0x10509f724 _GLOBAL__sub_I_qdarwinpermissionplugin_location.mm + 12
10 dyld 0x191dd81d8 invocation function for block in dyld4::Loader::findAndRunAllInitializers(dyld4::RuntimeState&) const::$_0::operator()() const + 168
11 dyld 0x191e19c60 invocation function for block in dyld3::MachOAnalyzer::forEachInitializer(Diagnostics&, dyld3::MachOAnalyzer::VMAddrConverter const&, void (unsigned int) block_pointer, void const*) const + 172
12 dyld 0x191e0d1a4 invocation function for block in dyld3::MachOFile::forEachSection(void (dyld3::MachOFile::SectionInfo const&, bool, bool&) block_pointer) const + 528
13 dyld 0x191db82d8 dyld3::MachOFile::forEachLoadCommand(Diagnostics&, void (load_command const*, bool&) block_pointer) const + 296
14 dyld 0x191e0c1cc dyld3::MachOFile::forEachSection(void (dyld3::MachOFile::SectionInfo const&, bool, bool&) block_pointer) const + 192
15 dyld 0x191e0ecfc dyld3::MachOFile::forEachInitializerPointerSection(Diagnostics&, void (unsigned int, unsigned int, bool&) block_pointer) const + 160
16 dyld 0x191e19904 dyld3::MachOAnalyzer::forEachInitializer(Diagnostics&, dyld3::MachOAnalyzer::VMAddrConverter const&, void (unsigned int) block_pointer, void const*) const + 432
17 dyld 0x191dd485c dyld4::Loader::findAndRunAllInitializers(dyld4::RuntimeState&) const + 448
18 dyld 0x191dd4c10 dyld4::Loader::runInitializersBottomUp(dyld4::RuntimeState&, dyld3::Array<dyld4::Loader const*>&) const + 220
19 dyld 0x191dd8264 dyld4::Loader::runInitializersBottomUpPlusUpwardLinks(dyld4::RuntimeState&) const::$_1::operator()() const + 112
20 dyld 0x191dd4d90 dyld4::Loader::runInitializersBottomUpPlusUpwardLinks(dyld4::RuntimeState&) const + 304
21 dyld 0x191df2d58 dyld4::APIs::dlopen_from(char const*, int, void*) + 1440
22 libpython3.10.dylib 0x100dfa844 _PyImport_FindSharedFuncptr + 296
23 libpython3.10.dylib 0x100db599c _imp_create_dynamic + 1108
24 libpython3.10.dylib 0x100ced0fc cfunction_vectorcall_FASTCALL + 200
25 libpython3.10.dylib 0x100d847dc _PyEval_EvalFrameDefault + 27276
26 libpython3.10.dylib 0x100d7d444 _PyEval_Vector + 2056
27 libpython3.10.dylib 0x100d886d4 call_function + 524
28 libpython3.10.dylib 0x100d84464 _PyEval_EvalFrameDefault + 26388
29 libpython3.10.dylib 0x100d7d444 _PyEval_Vector + 2056
30 libpython3.10.dylib 0x100d886d4 call_function + 524
31 libpython3.10.dylib 0x100d8443c _PyEval_EvalFrameDefault + 26348
32 libpython3.10.dylib 0x100d7d444 _PyEval_Vector + 2056
33 libpython3.10.dylib 0x100d886d4 call_function + 524
34 libpython3.10.dylib 0x100d844d4 _PyEval_EvalFrameDefault + 26500
35 libpython3.10.dylib 0x100d7d444 _PyEval_Vector + 2056
36 libpython3.10.dylib 0x100d886d4 call_function + 524
37 libpython3.10.dylib 0x100d844d4 _PyEval_EvalFrameDefault + 26500
38 libpython3.10.dylib 0x100d7d444 _PyEval_Vector + 2056
39 libpython3.10.dylib 0x100d886d4 call_function + 524
40 libpython3.10.dylib 0x100d844d4 _PyEval_EvalFrameDefault + 26500
41 libpython3.10.dylib 0x100d7d444 _PyEval_Vector + 2056
42 libpython3.10.dylib 0x100c9b894 object_vacall + 272
43 libpython3.10.dylib 0x100c9bab4 _PyObject_CallMethodIdObjArgs + 128
44 libpython3.10.dylib 0x100db1a28 PyImport_ImportModuleLevelObject + 1284
45 libpython3.10.dylib 0x100d770b4 builtin___import__ + 124
46 libpython3.10.dylib 0x100cec3a0 cfunction_call + 80
47 libpython3.10.dylib 0x100c9998c _PyObject_MakeTpCall + 612
48 libpython3.10.dylib 0x100c9ac48 _PyObject_CallFunctionVa + 776
49 libpython3.10.dylib 0x100c9a918 PyObject_CallFunction + 64
50 libpython3.10.dylib 0x100db13e8 PyImport_Import + 552
51 libpython3.10.dylib 0x100db27e0 PyImport_ImportModule + 60
52 sip.cpython-310-darwin.so 0x100be1754 sip_api_export_module + 88
53 QtWidgets.abi3.so 0x1017c1188 PyInit_QtWidgets + 276
54 libpython3.10.dylib 0x100db59ec _imp_create_dynamic + 1188
55 libpython3.10.dylib 0x100ced0fc cfunction_vectorcall_FASTCALL + 200
56 libpython3.10.dylib 0x100d847dc _PyEval_EvalFrameDefault + 27276
57 libpython3.10.dylib 0x100d7d444 _PyEval_Vector + 2056
58 libpython3.10.dylib 0x100d886d4 call_function + 524
59 libpython3.10.dylib 0x100d84464 _PyEval_EvalFrameDefault + 26388
60 libpython3.10.dylib 0x100d7d444 _PyEval_Vector + 2056
61 libpython3.10.dylib 0x100d886d4 call_function + 524
62 libpython3.10.dylib 0x100d8443c _PyEval_EvalFrameDefault + 26348
63 libpython3.10.dylib 0x100d7d444 _PyEval_Vector + 2056
64 libpython3.10.dylib 0x100d886d4 call_function + 524
65 libpython3.10.dylib 0x100d844d4 _PyEval_EvalFrameDefault + 26500
66 libpython3.10.dylib 0x100d7d444 _PyEval_Vector + 2056
67 libpython3.10.dylib 0x100d886d4 call_function + 524
68 libpython3.10.dylib 0x100d844d4 _PyEval_EvalFrameDefault + 26500
69 libpython3.10.dylib 0x100d7d444 _PyEval_Vector + 2056
70 libpython3.10.dylib 0x100d886d4 call_function + 524
71 libpython3.10.dylib 0x100d844d4 _PyEval_EvalFrameDefault + 26500
72 libpython3.10.dylib 0x100d7d444 _PyEval_Vector + 2056
73 libpython3.10.dylib 0x100c9b894 object_vacall + 272
74 libpython3.10.dylib 0x100c9bab4 _PyObject_CallMethodIdObjArgs + 128
75 libpython3.10.dylib 0x100db1a28 PyImport_ImportModuleLevelObject + 1284
76 libpython3.10.dylib 0x100d770b4 builtin___import__ + 124
77 libpython3.10.dylib 0x100cec3a0 cfunction_call + 80
78 libpython3.10.dylib 0x100c9a3a0 _PyObject_Call + 148
79 libpython3.10.dylib 0x100d847dc _PyEval_EvalFrameDefault + 27276
80 libpython3.10.dylib 0x100d7d444 _PyEval_Vector + 2056
81 libpython3.10.dylib 0x100d886d4 call_function + 524
82 libpython3.10.dylib 0x100d844d4 _PyEval_EvalFrameDefault + 26500
83 libpython3.10.dylib 0x100d7d444 _PyEval_Vector + 2056
84 libpython3.10.dylib 0x100c9b894 object_vacall + 272
85 libpython3.10.dylib 0x100c9bab4 _PyObject_CallMethodIdObjArgs + 128
86 libpython3.10.dylib 0x100db1ba0 PyImport_ImportModuleLevelObject + 1660
87 libpython3.10.dylib 0x100d82b40 _PyEval_EvalFrameDefault + 19952
88 libpython3.10.dylib 0x100d7d444 _PyEval_Vector + 2056
89 libpython3.10.dylib 0x100d7cc0c PyEval_EvalCode + 120
90 main 0x10074c8ec 0x100748000 + 18668
91 main 0x10074cf10 0x100748000 + 20240
92 dyld 0x191dbbf28 start + 2236
I have tried other frameworks such as py2app, changing pyqt versions, changing python versions, running on a ubuntu machine (new OS) on aws and tried on a different mac device and still no luck. I have also tried all the different flags from pyinstaller e.g --onefile and --onedir. I have also seen and tried the stack overflow suggestion to use the dev version of pyinstaller but this did not resolve the issue. Any help would be massively appreciated – thanks in advance!
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Answers
After much searching, the key term that led me to the answer ended up being the
Segmentation fault: 11. Once this was found then the fix that worked for me came from the following post (https://github.com/pyinstaller/pyinstaller/issues/7789) which was:I hope this helps if anyone else runs into the same issue!
Thank you! Its works for me!
I spent 5 hours to solve this problem. Thank you friend!