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Note that the above command installs an old version of Pyinstaller 3.2.1
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and this is intentional as this version has the least issues with Anti-virus
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software, see further on this page for more details.
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To package the example go to the [examples/pyinstaller/](./) directory
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and type:
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```
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python pyinstaller.py
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```
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**Note on PyInstaller's bootloader being flagged by Anti-virus software**
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**Note on PyInstaller's bootloader (3.3/3.4) being flagged by Anti-virus software**
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PyInstaller's bootloader for Windows (runw.exe as of version 3.3) has [12/67 false-positives](https://www.virustotal.com/#/file/798b3c1cd233c4c025af7445718176bdb46014e3ceb25ef12df41a6a25af2fc5/detection)
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PyInstaller's bootloader for Windows (runw.exe as of version 3.3 and 3.4) has [12/67 false-positives](https://www.virustotal.com/#/file/798b3c1cd233c4c025af7445718176bdb46014e3ceb25ef12df41a6a25af2fc5/detection)
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reported by Anti-virus software when scanning with virustotal.com and the maintainers of
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PyInstaller have no plans to fix that, see https://github.com/pyinstaller/pyinstaller/issues/2501
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for details. If this is a problem for you then you might consider using py2exe or cx_Freeze
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packagers instead, however there are no official examples for these available.
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PyInstaller have no plans to fix that, see [PyInstaller Issue #2501](https://github.com/pyinstaller/pyinstaller/issues/2501)
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for details. It is advised that you install PyInstaller version 3.2.1 which has the least amount
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of false positives, only [4/67](https://www.virustotal.com/#/file/153dd99a09d0821b99afbda63551e1c679d127fa82d8d3db8fd14cebdce953a3/detection)
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by some unpopular AVs. You might also consider using py2exe or cx_Freeze
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packagers instead and test whether these have less issues with Anti-virus software, however there
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