From 9d72a509168ef3d636c97d0109db86157823fdb7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: benexl <benextempest@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2025 14:51:50 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] fix: replace sys.executable with get_python_executable for
 better compatibility

---
 .../interactive/menu/media/dynamic_search.py  |  4 +--
 viu_media/cli/utils/preview.py                | 12 ++++-----
 viu_media/core/utils/detect.py                | 27 +++++++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 35 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/viu_media/cli/interactive/menu/media/dynamic_search.py b/viu_media/cli/interactive/menu/media/dynamic_search.py
index 9fda642..661fdfe 100644
--- a/viu_media/cli/interactive/menu/media/dynamic_search.py
+++ b/viu_media/cli/interactive/menu/media/dynamic_search.py
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 import json
 import logging
-import sys
 from pathlib import Path
 
 from .....core.constants import APP_CACHE_DIR, SCRIPTS_DIR
+from .....core.utils.detect import get_python_executable
 from .....libs.media_api.params import MediaSearchParams
 from ...session import Context, session
 from ...state import InternalDirective, MediaApiState, MenuName, State
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ def dynamic_search(ctx: Context, state: State) -> State | InternalDirective:
     # Make the search script executable by calling it with python3
     # fzf will pass the query as {q} which becomes the first argument
     search_command_final = (
-        f"{Path(sys.executable).as_posix()} {search_script_file.as_posix()} {{q}}"
+        f"{Path(get_python_executable()).as_posix()} {search_script_file.as_posix()} {{q}}"
     )
 
     try:
diff --git a/viu_media/cli/utils/preview.py b/viu_media/cli/utils/preview.py
index 5d4cb52..ddfe392 100644
--- a/viu_media/cli/utils/preview.py
+++ b/viu_media/cli/utils/preview.py
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import logging
 from pathlib import Path
 import re
 from hashlib import sha256
-import sys
 from typing import Dict, List, Optional
 
 import httpx
@@ -11,6 +10,7 @@ from viu_media.core.utils import formatter
 
 from ...core.config import AppConfig
 from ...core.constants import APP_CACHE_DIR, SCRIPTS_DIR
+from ...core.utils.detect import get_python_executable
 from ...core.utils.file import AtomicWriter
 from ...libs.media_api.types import (
     AiringScheduleResult,
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@ def get_anime_preview(
     preview_file.write_text(preview_script, encoding="utf-8")
 
     preview_script_final = (
-        f"{Path(sys.executable).as_posix()} {preview_file.as_posix()} {{}}"
+        f"{Path(get_python_executable()).as_posix()} {preview_file.as_posix()} {{}}"
     )
     return preview_script_final
 
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ def get_episode_preview(
     preview_file.write_text(preview_script, encoding="utf-8")
 
     preview_script_final = (
-        f"{Path(sys.executable).as_posix()} {preview_file.as_posix()} {{}}"
+        f"{Path(get_python_executable()).as_posix()} {preview_file.as_posix()} {{}}"
     )
     return preview_script_final
 
@@ -435,7 +435,7 @@ def get_character_preview(choice_map: Dict[str, Character], config: AppConfig) -
     preview_file.write_text(preview_script, encoding="utf-8")
 
     preview_script_final = (
-        f"{Path(sys.executable).as_posix()} {preview_file.as_posix()} {{}}"
+        f"{Path(get_python_executable()).as_posix()} {preview_file.as_posix()} {{}}"
     )
     return preview_script_final
 
@@ -483,7 +483,7 @@ def get_review_preview(choice_map: Dict[str, MediaReview], config: AppConfig) ->
     preview_file.write_text(preview_script, encoding="utf-8")
 
     preview_script_final = (
-        f"{Path(sys.executable).as_posix()} {preview_file.as_posix()} {{}}"
+        f"{Path(get_python_executable()).as_posix()} {preview_file.as_posix()} {{}}"
     )
     return preview_script_final
 
@@ -599,7 +599,7 @@ def get_dynamic_anime_preview(config: AppConfig) -> str:
 
     # Return the command to execute the preview script
     preview_script_final = (
-        f"{Path(sys.executable).as_posix()} {preview_file.as_posix()} {{}}"
+        f"{Path(get_python_executable()).as_posix()} {preview_file.as_posix()} {{}}"
     )
     return preview_script_final
 
diff --git a/viu_media/core/utils/detect.py b/viu_media/core/utils/detect.py
index 15c85a3..0b315e6 100644
--- a/viu_media/core/utils/detect.py
+++ b/viu_media/core/utils/detect.py
@@ -56,3 +56,30 @@ def is_running_kitty_terminal() -> bool:
 
 def has_fzf() -> bool:
     return True if shutil.which("fzf") else False
+
+
+def is_frozen() -> bool:
+    """Check if running as a PyInstaller frozen executable."""
+    return getattr(sys, "frozen", False)
+
+
+def get_python_executable() -> str:
+    """
+    Get the Python executable path.
+    
+    In frozen (PyInstaller) apps, sys.executable points to the .exe,
+    so we need to find the system Python instead.
+    
+    Returns:
+        Path to a Python executable.
+    """
+    if is_frozen():
+        # We're in a frozen app - find system Python
+        for python_name in ["python3", "python", "py"]:
+            python_path = shutil.which(python_name)
+            if python_path:
+                return python_path
+        # Fallback - this likely won't work but is the best we can do
+        return "python"
+    else:
+        return sys.executable