Properly installing and using Nuitka within Anaconda, " No module named 'nuitka.__main__' "

Question

I'm trying to use Nuitka within the Anaconda Prompt.

Nuitka has been installed through conda: conda install -c conda-forge nuitka

See documentation here: https://nuitka.net/doc/user-manual.html#tutorial-setup-and-build-on-windows

Python is not installed anywhere on the computer except under Anaconda.

I try nuitka and get

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\Username\AppData\Local\Continuum\anaconda3\Scripts\nuitka-script.py", line 5, in <module>
    from nuitka.__main__ import main
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'nuitka.__main__'

nuitka.exe is the file being called here, and it appears to call nuitka-script.py. nuitka-script.py fails to import the __main__.py file.

I can also type python -m nuitka --version with the output

C:\Users\Username\AppData\Local\Continuum\anaconda3\python.exe: No module named nuitka.__main__; 'nuitka' is a package and cannot be directly executed

Something similar to this has been asked here: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/34967732/error-nuitka-is-a-package-and-cannot-be-directly-executed-when-trying-to-execu

There is no nuitka.bat file located in Scripts, or anywhere that I have identified.

The python scripts for nuitka can be found at anaconda3\pkgs\nuitka-0.6.5-py_0\site-packages\nuitka, where there is a __main__.py file.

What can I do from here so that I can conveniently call nuitka within the Anaconda Prompt? For example, python -m nuitka --follow-imports awesome.py

Answer 1

I went ahead and tried conda install --force-reinstall -c conda-forge nuitka. That solved the problem.