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Package as an Archive File

An alternative packaging method.

Instead of the preferred distribution method for the platform, you can choose to package the output of PyInstaller as an archive file. On Windows, the file will be a ZIP file. On macOS and Linux, the file will be a tarball compressed with LZMA (TXZ).

To use this option, set the ARCHIVE option to "True" or any non-empty string. Alternatively, use the --archive option on the command line.