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Windows: VSCode Python 3 virtualenv not working when trying to install package

I'm using Python 3.10.4. I'm trying to work on a Django project, but when I create a Virtualenv then installing the package is not working.
PS C:\Users\schad\Desktop\importExport> & c:/Users/schad/Desktop/importExport/env/Scripts/Activate.ps1
(env) PS C:\Users\schad\Desktop\importExport> pip install django-import-export
Fatal error in launcher: Unable to create process using '"C:\Users\schad\Desktop\env\Scripts\python.exe" "C:\Users\schad\Desktop\importExport\env\Scripts\pip.exe" install django-import-export': The system cannot find the file specified.
(env) PS C:\Users\schad\Desktop\importExport> pip install mysqlclient
Fatal error in launcher: Unable to create process using '"C:\Users\schad\Desktop\env\Scripts\python.exe" "C:\Users\schad\Desktop\importExport\env\Scripts\pip.exe" install mysqlclient': The system cannot find the file specified.
(env) PS C:\Users\schad\Desktop\importExport>

It's weird, the terminal trying to using
C:\Users\schad\Desktop\env\Scripts\python.exe
but it should be
C:\Users\schad\Desktop\importExport\env\Scripts\pip.exe,
Could you try to switch the python interpreter to another one? And please check whether you have configured something in your settings.json file although this should be stored in the storage under C:\Users\{UserName}\AppData\Roaming\Code\User folder.
You can try to switch to another python interpreter and then switch back, if it still does not work you can delete state.vscdb under C:\Users\{UserName}\AppData\Roaming\Code\User\globalStorage folder.

Package installed but doesn't import package

For some odd reason no matter which package I install when I go to import it doesn't know what package I'm talking about. I am very certain this is a Visual Studio Code error but if not I am also using Linux.
When I pip install the package pyttsx3 this is what I get in the Terminal:
Collecting pyttsx3
Downloading https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/24/4e/580726c73272344d3e74b7aaffae55ff6b6450061fbecb8cc6e112531c02/pyttsx3-2.7.tar.gz
Building wheels for collected packages: pyttsx3
Running setup.py bdist_wheel for pyttsx3 ... done
Stored in directory: /home/secretlloyd/.cache/pip/wheels/a2/8a/fe/11112aca9c89142c3a404bc67ef3393a7ad530da26639a05d4
Successfully built pyttsx3
Installing collected packages: pyttsx3
Successfully installed pyttsx3-2.7
But when I run a example I get this error:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/secretlloyd/Visual Studio Code/Python/Finished/Text Colors/finished.py", line 1, in <module>
import pyttsx3
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'pyttsx3'

You can use an virtual environment to install your libs. If you do that, each project will have its own scoped libs without affect your global libs.
How to use the virtual environment?
Enter the root folder of your project and then run the following commands on the bash:
$ py -m venv .env
$ source .env/Scripts/activate
After that you'll notice your bash will have a prefix like that (.env). Then you should install your libs:
(.env) $ pip install pyttsx3
In order to deactivate the virtual environment just run the following command:
(.env) $ deactivate
Setup VS Code Intellisense for Virtual Environment
If you're using VSCode you can set the correct python interpreter after setting up a virtual environment. Just follow the steps:
Open VSCode in your project
Press F1
Type: > python: select interpreter
Click on Enter path or find an existing interpreter
Click on Find
The navigate to .env > Scripts > python

3 possible cases:
The same thing happened to me when I did not notice I was using two Pythons at the same time one 2.7 and another one 3.6. Make sure to know where is your package being installed to the Python modules folder you really want to store it or in another one you did not know existed.
Your PATH might not be configured correctly, check out either if you are using Windows or Linux if your PATH variables are configured correctly. You can reset your configuration if you wish. (link= How to reload .bashrc settings without logging out and back in again?)
For some packages/libraries of Python the way of importing the library is different from the name you import it on your .py file. For example: You can install OpenCV library by [pip install OpenCV] but when importing it in a file you have to write [import cv2].
I hope you find this information helpful for your problem.

Module gets imported under a syntactically false name space?

I am following along with the O'Riley Head First Python (2nd Edition) Course.
At one point you will create a webapp and deploy it to pythonanywhere (chapter5).
The webapp uses two functions, imported from a module, created earlier.
The module is called vsearch.py. I also created a readme.txt and a setup.py and used setuptools to create a source distribution file using :
python3 setup.py sdist
The code of the setup.py read as follows:
from setuptools import setup
setup(
name = "vsearch",
version = "1.0",
description = "The Head First Python Seach Tools",
author = "HF Python 2e",
author_email = "hfpy2e#gmail.com",
url = "headfirstlabs.com",
py_modules = ["vsearch"],
)
The source distribution file gets created without errors and creates a file called vsearch-1.0.tar.gz
The file then gets uploaded to pythonanywhere and installed via console using:
python3 -m pip install vsearch-1.0.tar.gz --user
Console outputs:
15:36 ~/mysite $ python3 -m pip install vsearch-1.0.tar.gz --user
Looking in links: /usr/share/pip-wheels
Processing ./vsearch-1.0.tar.gz
Building wheels for collected packages: vsearch
Running setup.py bdist_wheel for vsearch ... done
Stored in directory: /home/Mohr/.cache/pip/wheels/85/fd/4e/5302d6f3b92e4057d341443ed5ef0402eb04994663282c12f7
Successfully built vsearch
Installing collected packages: vsearch
Found existing installation: vsearch 1.0
Uninstalling vsearch-1.0:
Successfully uninstalled vsearch-1.0
Successfully installed vsearch-1.0
Now when I try to run my webapp I get the following error:
2020-03-24 16:18:14,592: Error running WSGI application
2020-03-24 16:18:14,592: ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'vsearch'
2020-03-24 16:18:14,593: File "/var/www/mohr_eu_pythonanywhere_com_wsgi.py", line 16, in <module>
2020-03-24 16:18:14,593: from vsearch4web import app as application # noqa
2020-03-24 16:18:14,593:
2020-03-24 16:18:14,593: File "/home/Mohr/mysite/vsearch4web.py", line 3, in <module>
2020-03-24 16:18:14,593: from vsearch import search4letters
Judging from this error I assume that "vsearch" can not be found because it was installed as "vsearch-1.0". However when I try to change this line to:
from vsearch-1.0 import search4letters
I rightfully get a synthax error since I can not adress modules this way. So what can I do about this? When creating the module in the beginning I added a version number to the setup.py file because according to the lecture it is good practice. Setuptools then automatically creates the source distribution file with the "-1.0" at the end. Also when importing it using the command shown above i automatically gets importet as "vsearch-1.0" which in turn I am unable to reference in my python code because of bad synthax.
Am I doing something wrong? Is there a way to import this under another namespace? Is there a way to reference "vsearch-1.0" in my python code without getting a synthax error?

There are different python3 versions installed on PythonAnywhere. When you install something using python3 -m pip or pip3 you use default python3 that is probably not matching python version setting of your web app. Use python3.7 and pip3.7 or python3.6 and pip3.6 etc. for --user installations to be sure.

pip install --user (with emphasized --user) installed the package into your user directory: /home/Mohr/.local/lib/pythonX.Y/site-packages/.
To run your WSGI application you probably use a virtual environment in which the user-installed modules are not available. To use modules in the venv you have to install everything in the venv. So activate the venv in a terminal and install the module with the venv's pip:
pip install vsearch-1.0.tar.gz

.whl is not a valid wheel filename, storing debug log for failure in C:\

I am having trouble installing a wheel file via pip.
I open my command prompt
write the following in the prompt
C:/Python34/Scripts/pip install C:/Users/Hamsa/Downloads/pygame.whl
Then I get this message
pygame.whl is not a valid wheel filename. Storing debug log for failure in C:\Users\Hamsa\pip\pip.log
I don't what to do and I need your help.

You should correct name format for installing wheel file. Because wheel file name also includes many information such as the version of program, supported python version. Your command should be like the command below.
pip install pygame‑1.9.3‑cp34‑cp34m‑win_amd64.whl

If the answer suggested by #Harun doesnot work, try
python -m pip install <whl file name with complete path>.whl
If u have more than 1 Python versions installed , check which version of python is being used to install the package using:
python -v
Also refer to pygame readme for an official installation guide.

Installing GDAL Python binding in Ubuntu to use as standalone module

I am trying to export a GeoTiff with Blender using the Blender Python API (based on Python 3), so I've decided to install GDAL on Ubuntu (14.04). What I would like is to get the module as a standalone folder that I could put in the modules directory of Blender (/home/user/.config/blender/2.73/scripts/modules).
The thing is I've run through several different problems trying to install GDAL. I've tried to install from source (for GDAL 2.0.0) here : Official PyPi Gdal
I ran sudo apt-get install libgdal-dev gdal-bin (I list it here because it may be important)
When I am in the extracted GDAL folder, using python setup.py build & python setup.py install, the library installs to /usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/osgeo. However, when I run python from command line, running from osgeo import osr returns ImportError: No module named _gdal
Following GDAL via pip , I used pip (pip install GDAL) to install the library, and the folder it went to was /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/osgeo (using pip show ...). Again, running python3 and trying to import results in the same error. Of course, when I copy-paste each folder in the blender module directory, I get the same error in the Blender Python console.
So I decided to compile the sources using ./configure --with-python & make & make install in the source folder. I then copied the folder GDAL-x.x.x/build/lib.linux-x86_64-3.4/osgeo to the blender modules directory and got this time the error when importing : ImportError: /home/yvesu/.config/blender/2.73/scripts/modules/osgeo/_gdal.so: undefined symbol: _Py_ZeroStruct.
Trying to compile with python3 using python3 setup.py build returns the error error: command 'x86_64-linux-gnu-gcc' failed with exit status 1
EDIT 1:
I think I've found the solution : I went to the directory swig/python (not found in a GDAL-1.11.0 folder but gdal-1.11.0 fodler, can't remember where I downloaded it from), ran python3 setup.py build & python3 setup.py install and could finally find the folder in /usr/local/lib/python3.4/dist-packages/GDAL-1.11.0-py3.4-linux-x86_64.egg/osgeo. When I put this osgeo folder oni the Blender modules directory, I was able to import osgeo in Blender. I will report if anything went wrong.
I think I've listed all my attempts at installing GDAL on Ubuntu. Can anyone point me in the right direction? Do you think it is even possible to install it as a standalone module, or do I need linked libraries through LD_LIBRARY_PATH?

Here is the solution I've found :
Download Gdal sources (v2.0.0 is the current stable release) from ftp://ftp.remotesensing.org/gdal/2.0.0/ or http://download.osgeo.org/gdal/2.0.0/ and untar
Go to the directory gdal2.0.0/swig/python
Run python3 setup.py build & python3 setup.py install
Finally find the module folder in, on Ubuntu : /usr/local/lib/python3.4/dist-packages/GDAL-2.0.0-py3.4-linux-x86_64.egg/osgeo
I can now use it in Blender (copying in the modules directory)