Py2app: Operation Not Permitted

I want to create an application called 'dodgeball' and I have my main script (which uses pygame), and my setup.py script. I need an image named ball.bmp that I need as well. Inside

Solution 1:

After I upgraded my operating system to OS X El Capitan (10.11.2), I got similar error when packaging my app using py2app:

***creating application bundle:MyApp***error: [Errno1] Operation not permitted:'/Users/jake/work/my-app/dist/MyApp.app/Contents/MacOS/MyApp'

I did some research and found a solution: 1) disable SIP; 2) remove restricted file flag on Python.framework. It worked for me.

Disable SIP

1. Restart your Mac.

2. Before OS X starts up, hold down Command+R and keep it held down until you see an Apple icon and a progress bar. Release. This boots you into Recovery.

3. From the Utilities menu, select Terminal.

4. At the prompt type the following:

   csrutil status
   csrutil disable
   reboot
   

You can re-enable SIP by following the above steps, but using:

csrutil enable

References:

• http://osxdaily.com/2015/10/05/disable-rootless-system-integrity-protection-mac-os-x/
• http://www.macworld.com/article/2986118/security/how-to-modify-system-integrity-protection-in-el-capitan.html

Remove Restricted File Flag

sudo chflags -R norestricted /System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework

As it's mentioned in https://forums.developer.apple.com/thread/6987

Solution 2:

I had the same problem. Instead of running

python setup.py py2app

I tried

python3 setup.py py2app

and it worked just fine. Hope this helps.

Solution 3:

Don't use the system provided py2app. Running this fixed the issue for me:

pip install --user--ignore-installed py2app

(I'm usually wary of things that require me to disable System Integrity Protection)

Solution 4:

This doesn't happen if you build and install your own py2app rather than depending on the OS-bundled one.

Inside your virtualenv, install Mercurial (if needed), then:

pip install hg+https://bitbucket.org/ronaldoussoren/py2app/

py2app should then work without issue.

Solution 5:

Answer : Install with -U flag!

Since all of you will have installed py2app already, start by uninstalling it.

pip3 uninstall py2app

After this point, it's crucial that you reinstall it using the -U flag! 📦

pip3 install -U py2app
py2applet --make-setup YourApp.py
python3 setup.py py2app -A

Look in your dist/ folder, there should now be a runnable application.

Then you can rebuild it using python3 setup.py py2app

Verified on OS X Catalina, Mojave, Big Sur