CondaVerificationError: The package for pyinstaller located at C:\Users\Chris.Barker\AppData\Local\miniforge3\pkgs\pyinstaller0
appears to be corrupted. The path 'Lib/site-packages/PyInstaller/bootloader/Windows-32bit-intel/runw.exe'
specified in the package manifest cannot be found.
and indeed, the file is missing. But it’s there in the original conda package – I’m pretty sure that my virus scanner deleted it (PyInstaller has been flagged multiple times by virus scanners).
In my case, this is the win32 file, which I don’t need, so I’d be happy to just install it as it – can I tell conda to:
The issue is that this indicates a severe problem with the package. Other files may be missing, there could be corruption in binary files and the like.
I think your best course of action is to get rid of the package in the cache and redownload it.
I think you can do that simply by going to the cache at C:\Users\Chris.Barker\AppData\Local\miniforge3\pkgs and removing all folders and files that start with pyinstaller.
There is a small chance that this breaks other environments that already contain pyinstaller, so use your own best judgement and consider making backup copies or putting these things in the trash bin instead of deleting them permanently immediately.