I’m trying to make a simple password app on my desktop from a code I wrote. I’ve done this before with no troubles on another simple app.

This is my setup:

from setuptools import setup

APP = ['main.py']

OPTIONS = {
    'argv_emulation': True,
    'iconfile':"logo.png",
    'packages': ['tkinter', 'random', 'json', 'pyperclip']
 }
setup(
    app=APP,
    options={'py2app': OPTIONS},
    setup_requires=['py2app'],
 )

This is the last few lines of code that run in my terminal if I run python3 setup.py py2app

/Users/cjsander/Desktop/Password/build/bdist.macosx-10.9-universal2/python3.12- standalone/app/collect/typing_extensions-4.12.2.dist-info/METADATA

error: [Errno 17] File exists: ‘/Users/cjsander/Desktop/Password/build/bdist.macosx-10.9- universal2/python3.12-standalone/app/collect/packaging-24.1.dist-info’

The Dist is never created, and even when I move folders that I attempt to run the code from or delete all previous Dist and Build folders this error is produced.

I’m pretty lost.

Thank you!

I’ve tried to move the file location, delete previous DIST and BUILD folders, uninstalled and reinstalled py2app including not updating the install.

All resulted with the same error, even when the file doesn’t exist.