create binary distribution for Linux with pyinstaller

.gitignore

@@ -1,2 +1,7 @@
 __pycache__
 3rd-party
+build
+dist
+testbed
+venv*
+*.spec

linux_installer.py

@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+import PyInstaller.__main__
+
+PyInstaller.__main__.run([
+    'krowlog.py',
+    '--noconfirm',
+    '--name=krowlog',
+    '--windowed',
+    '--onefile',
+    '--icon=icons/krowlog.svg',  # doesn't work on Linux, still needs .desktop file
+    '--add-data', 'src:src',
+    '--add-binary', 'icons:icons',
+    '--add-binary', 'locales:locales',
+    '--hidden-import=krowlog',
+    '--hidden-import=urllib3',
+    '--hidden-import=watchdog',
+    '--hidden-import=watchdog.observers',
+    '--hidden-import=watchdog.version',
+    '--hidden-import=configparser'
+])

requirements.txt

@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@ PySide6-Essentials==6.3.1
 setuptools==65.3.0
 urllib3==1.26.12
 watchdog==2.1.9
+pyinstaller==5.3