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+#!/bin/bash
+
+site_packages="$(python -c "import os; print(os.path.dirname(os.__file__) + '/site-packages')")"
+
+# pyinstaller misses these two
+pyinstaller_args+="--add-binary /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gio/modules/libgiolibproxy.so:. "
+pyinstaller_args+="--add-binary  /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libproxy.so.1:. "
+
+# This one's tricky.  ink/stitch doesn't actually _use_ gi.repository.Gtk,
+# but it does use GTK (through wxPython).  pyinstaller has some special
+# logic to handle GTK apps that is engaged when you import
+# gi.repository.Gtk that pulls in things like themes, icons, etc.  Without
+# that, the Params dialog is unthemed and barely usable.  This hidden
+# import option is actually the only reason we had to install python-gi
+# above!
+pyinstaller_args+="--hidden-import gi.repository.Gtk "
+
+# This lets pyinstaller see inkex.py, etc.
+pyinstaller_args+="-p /usr/share/inkscape/extensions "
+
+mkdir -p dist/inkstitch/bin
+for extension in "$@"; do
+	# without the LD_LIBRARY_PATH, it seems that pyinstaller can't find all of
+    # wxpython's shared libraries
+    LD_LIBRARY_PATH="${site_packages}/wx" pyinstaller $pyinstaller_args ${extension}.py;
+
+	# By default, pyinstaller will treat each of ink/stitch's extensions
+	# separately.  This means it packages a lot of the same shared libraries (like
+	# wxPython) multiple times.  Turns out that we can just copy the contents of
+	# the directories pyinstaller creates into one and it works fine, eliminating
+	# the duplication.  This significantly decreases the size of the inkstitch
+	# tarball/zip.
+	cp -a dist/${extension}/* dist/inkstitch/bin
+	rm -rf dist/${extension}
+
+	# Inkscape doesn't let us run native binaries as extensions(?!).  Instead we
+	# add this stub script which executes the binaries that pyinstaller creates.
+	cp stub.py dist/${extension}.py
+done