pip is not recognized in Anaconda Prompt - python

I'm using Anaconda on Windows x64. I'm trying to install some library using pip. However, the the command line isn't recognizing pip or any other scripts. The folder that they are all in is in both the user and system PATH variable. pip is there and works if I use the entire file path. Is there a way to fix this?

When creating your environment, you need to specify pip as a dependency:
conda create --name my-env pip
activate my-env
pip install ...
Installing a new environment with all default anaconda packages:
conda create --name my-env anaconda

Do this worked for me:
conda install pip
and try:
pip install package_name

Make sure you have the following dir added to PATH:
C:\Python27\Scripts

I worked for me if I start cmd and do cd C:\Users\ComputerName\Python27\Scripts
Then I typed in 'pip install "library"' and it worked!
If you don't know how to access cmd just press Win+R and type in cmd!
Hope it helped!

Try typing
python -m pip install --upgrade pip
in CMD
It worked for me.

I had it myself because of my username which uses this character "ï" which causes an encoding problem in the PATH variable. Therefore, scripts cannot be found by anaconda.
I had to install Anaconda For everyone and not just the current user to solve this problem.

Add script folder location to path, for individual user installation it will be "C:\Users\<user>\Anaconda3\Scripts" and for everyone installation it can be found in Program Files "C:\Program Files\Anaconda3\Scripts"

Related

ML and Django: using Conda and Pip depending on what I am doing... no? [duplicate]

conda 4.2.13
MacOSX 10.12.1
I am trying to install packages from pip to a fresh environment (virtual) created using anaconda. In the Anaconda docs it says this is perfectly fine. It is done the same way as for virtualenv.
Activate the environment where you want to put the program, then pip install a program...
I created an empty environment in Ananconda like this:
conda create -n shrink_venv
Activate it:
source activate shrink_venv
I then can see in the terminal that I am working in my env (shrink_venv). Problem is coming up, when I try to install a package using pip:
(shrink_venv): pip install Pillow
Requirement already satisfied (use --upgrade to upgrade): Pillow in /Library/Python/2.7/site-packages
So I can see it thinks the requirement is satisfied from the system-wide package. So it seems the environment is not working correctly, definitely not like it said in the docs. Am I doing something wrong here?
Just a note, I know you can use conda install for the packages, but I have had an issue with Pillow from anaconda, so I wanted to get it from pip, and since the docs say that is fine.
Output of which -a pip:
/usr/local/bin/pip
/Users/my_user/anaconda/bin/pip
** UPDATE **
I see this is pretty common issue. What I have found is that the conda env doesn't play well with the PYTHONPATH. The system seems to always look in the PYTHONPATH locations even when you're using a conda environment. Now, I always run unset PYTHONPATH when using a conda environment, and it works much better. I'm on a mac.
For others who run into this situation, I found this to be the most straightforward solution:
Run conda create -n venv_name and conda activate venv_name, where venv_name is the name of your virtual environment.
Run conda install pip. This will install pip to your venv directory.
Find your anaconda directory, and find the actual venv folder. It should be somewhere like /anaconda/envs/venv_name/.
Install new packages by doing /anaconda/envs/venv_name/bin/pip install package_name.
This should now successfully install packages using that virtual environment's pip!
All you have to do is open Anaconda Prompt and type
pip install package-name
It will automatically install to the anaconda environment without having to use
conda install package-name
Since some of the conda packages may lack support overtime it is required to install using pip and this is one way to do it
If you have pip installed in anaconda you can run the following in jupyter notebook or in your python shell that is linked to anaconda
pip.main(['install', 'package-name'])
Check your version of pip with pip.__version__. If it is version 10.x.x or above, then install your python package with this line of code
subprocess.check_call([sys.executable, '-m', 'pip', 'install', '--upgrade', 'package-name'])
In your jupyter notebook, you can install python packages through pip in a cell this way;
!pip install package-name
or you could use your python version associated with anaconda
!python3.6 -m pip install package-name
I solved this problem the following way:
If you have a non-conda pip as your default pip but conda python is your default python (as below)
>which -a pip
/home/<user>/.local/bin/pip
/home/<user>/.conda/envs/newenv/bin/pip
/usr/bin/pip
>which -a python
/home/<user>/.conda/envs/newenv/bin/python
/usr/bin/python
Then instead of just calling
pip install <package>, you can use the module flag -m with python so that it uses the anaconda python for the installation
python -m pip install <package>
This installs the package to the anaconda library directory rather than to the library directory associated with (the non-anaconda) pip
EDIT:
The reason this works is as follows:
the command pip references a specific pip file/shortcut (which -a pip tells you which one). Similarly, the command python references a specific python file (which -a python tells you which one). For one reason or another these two commands can become unsynchronized, so that your 'default' pip is in a different folder than your default python, and therefore is associated with a different version of python.
In contrast, the python -m pip construction does not use the shortcut that the pip command points to. Instead, it asks python to find its version of pip and use that version to install a package.
This is what worked for me (Refer to image linked)
Open Anaconda
Select Environments in the left hand pane below home
Just to the right of where you selected and below the "search environments" bar, you should see base(root). Click on it
A triangle pointing right should appear, click on it an select "open terminal"
Use the regular pip install command here. There is no need to point to an environment/ path
For future reference, you can find the folder your packages are downloading to if you happen to have a requirement already satisfied. You can see it if you scroll up in the terminal. It should read something like: requirement already satisfied and then the path
[]
If you didn't add pip when creating conda environment
conda create -n env_name pip
and also didn't install pip inside the environment
source activate env_name
conda install pip
then the only pip you got is the system pip, which will install packages globally.
Bus as you can see in this issue, even if you did either of the procedure mentioned above, the behavior of pip inside conda environment is still kind of undefined.
To ensure using the pip installed inside conda environment without having to type the lengthy /home/username/anaconda/envs/env_name/bin/pip, I wrote a shell function:
# Using pip to install packages inside conda environments.
cpip() {
ERROR_MSG="Not in a conda environment."
ERROR_MSG="$ERROR_MSG\nUse \`source activate ENV\`"
ERROR_MSG="$ERROR_MSG to enter a conda environment."
[ -z "$CONDA_DEFAULT_ENV" ] && echo "$ERROR_MSG" && return 1
ERROR_MSG='Pip not installed in current conda environment.'
ERROR_MSG="$ERROR_MSG\nUse \`conda install pip\`"
ERROR_MSG="$ERROR_MSG to install pip in current conda environment."
[ -e "$CONDA_PREFIX/bin/pip" ] || (echo "$ERROR_MSG" && return 2)
PIP="$CONDA_PREFIX/bin/pip"
"$PIP" "$#"
}
Hope this is helpful to you.
python -m pip install Pillow
Will use pip of current Python activated with
source activate shrink_venv
For those wishing to install a small number of packages in conda with pip then using,
sudo $(which pip) install <instert_package_name>
worked for me.
Explainaton
It seems, for me anyway, that which pip is very reliable for finding the conda env pip path to where you are. However, when using sudo, this seems to redirect paths or otherwise break this.
Using the $(which pip) executes this independently of the sudo or any of the commands and is akin to running /home/<username>/(mini)conda(3)/envs/<env_name>/pip in Linux. This is because $() is run separately and the text output added to the outer command.
All above answers are mainly based on use of virtualenv. I just have fresh installation of anaconda3 and don't have any virtualenv installed in it. So, I have found a better alternative to it without wondering about creating virtualenv.
If you have many pip and python version installed in linux, then first run below command to list all installed pip paths.
whereis pip
You will get something like this as output.
pip: /usr/bin/pip /home/prabhakar/anaconda3/bin/pip /usr/share/man/man1/pip.1.gz
Copy the path of pip which you want to use to install your package and paste it after sudo replacing /home/prabhakar/anaconda3/bin/pip in below command.
sudo /home/prabhakar/anaconda3/bin/pip install <package-name>
This worked pretty well for me. If you have any problem installing, please comment.
if you're using windows OS open Anaconda Prompt and type activate yourenvname
And if you're using mac or Linux OS open Terminal and type source activate yourenvname
yourenvname here is your desired environment in which you want to install pip package
after typing above command you must see that your environment name is changed from base to your typed environment yourenvname in console output (which means you're now in your desired environment context)
Then all you need to do is normal pip install command e.g pip install yourpackage
By doing so, the pip package will be installed in your Conda environment
I see a lot of good answers here but still wanted to share mine that worked for me especially if you are switching from pip-era to conda-era. By following this, you can install any packages using both conda and pip.
Background
PIP - Python package manager only
Conda - Both package and environment manager for many languages including Python
Install Pip by default every time you create a new conda environment
# this installs pip for your newly created environment
conda create -n my_new_env pip
# activate your new conda environment
conda activate my_new_env
# now you can install any packages using both conda and pip
conda install package_name
#or
pip install package_name
This gives you the flexibility to install any packages in conda environment even if they are not available in conda (e.g. wordcloud)
conda activate my_new_env
# will not work as wordcloud is not available in conda
conda install wordcloud
# works fine
pip install wordcloud
I was facing a problem in installing a non conda package on anaconda, I followed the most liked answer here and it didn't go well (maybe because my anaconda is in F directory and env created was in C and bin folder was not created, I have no idea but it didn't work).
According to anaconda pip is already installed ( which is found using the command "conda list" on anaconda prompt), but pip packages were not getting installed so here is what I did, I installed pip again and then pip installed the package.
conda install pip
pip install see
see is a non-conda package.
Depends on how did you configure your PATH environmental variable.
When your shell resolves the call to pip, which is the first bin it will find?
(test)$ whereis pip
pip: /home/borja/anaconda3/envs/test/bin/pip /home/borja/anaconda3/bin/pip
Make sure the bin folder from your anaconda installation is before /usr/lib (depending on how you did install pip). So an example:
(test) borja#xxxx:~$ pip install djangorestframework
....
Successfully installed asgiref-3.2.3 django-3.0.3 djangorestframework-3.11.0 pytz-2019.3 sqlparse-0.3.1
(test) borja#xxxx:~$ conda list | grep django
django 3.0.3 pypi_0 pypi
djangorestframework 3.11.0 pypi_0 pypi
We can see the djangorestframework was installed in my test environment but if I check my base:
(base) borja#xxxx:~$ conda list | grep django
It is empty.
Personally I like to handle all my PATH configuration using .pam_environment, here an example:
(base) borja#xxxx:~$ cat .pam_environment
PATH DEFAULT=/home/#{PAM_USER}/anaconda3/bin:${PATH}
One extra commet. The way how you install pip might create issues:
You should use: conda install pip --> new packages installed with pip will be added to conda list.
You shodul NOT use: sudo apt install python3-pip --> new packages will not be added to conda list (so are not managed by conda) but you will still be able to use them (chance of conflict).
Well I tried all the above methods. None worked for me because of an issue with the proxy settings within the corporate environment. Luckily I could open the pypi website from the browser. In the end, the following worked for me:
Activate your environment
Download the .whl package manually from
https://pypi.org/simple/<package_name>/
Navigate to the folder where you have downloaded the .whl from the command line with your environment activated
perform:
pip install package_name_whatever.whl
If you ONLY want to have a conda installation. Just remove all of the other python paths from your PATH variable.
Leaving only:
C:\ProgramData\Anaconda3
C:\ProgramData\Anaconda3\Scripts
C:\ProgramData\Anaconda3\Library\bin
This allows you to just use pip install * and it will install straight into your conda installation.
I know the original question was about conda under MacOS. But I would like to share the experience I've had on Ubuntu 20.04.
In my case, the issue was due to an alias defined in ~/.bashrc: alias pip='/usr/bin/pip3'. That alias was taking precedence on everything else.
So for testing purposes I've removed the alias running unalias pip command. Then the corresponding pip of the active conda environment has been executed properly.
The same issue was applicable to python command.
Given the information described in this Anaconda blog post, I think the best practice would be to create an environment file so that your conda environments can be created predictably.
I tried a few of the answers posted here without success and I didn't feel like messing around with python paths etc. Instead, I added an environment.yml file similar to this:
name: your-environment-name
channels:
- defaults
dependencies:
- python=3.9.12
- requests=2.28.1
- pandas=1.4.4
- pip=21.2.4
- pip:
- python-dotenv==0.19.2
This guarantees that you install all conda dependencies first, then install pip in the conda environment and use it to install dependencies that are unavailable through conda. This is predictable, reusable, and follows the advice described in the blog post.
You then create a new conda environment using the file with this command:
conda env create -f environment.yml
Uninstall the duplicated python installation. Just keep anaconda and create an env with the desired python version as specified here: https://docs.conda.io/projects/conda/en/latest/user-guide/tasks/manage-python.html. Then your python and pip versions will change as you switch between envs.
I've looked at this answer and many other answers for hours today and couldn't figure this out with 30 years programming experience.
I ran:
conda create -n myenv python=3.9
conda activate myenv
and could not use pip. However, in another environment such as myenv2, myenv3, myenv4 it worked.
I was obtaining the dreaded urllib3 httpsconnection error.
So thought it has to be a missing urllib3 error or something else. It turns out that it was much more sinister than that. Unfortunately it works in other environments and for me I thought that it was related to the fact I'm using Debian on Windows 10 with WSL2. The fix was simple:
rm -rf $HOME/.cache
The pip cache was mangled from a previous install of the same environment. Probably due to the fact I had run an update on conda base and done a distribution upgrade. Because I'm wanting to run a production system with apache2 using a WSGI environment with flask, I want to always have the same conda instance name. So this was a must fix!

Jupyter command `jupyter-lab` not found

I have tried to install jupyter lab on my Kubuntu machine.
If I install jupyter lab with 'pip3 install jupyter jupyterlab' the command 'jupyter notebook' works completly fine. But if I try to run 'jupyter lab' every time I get the message:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/local/bin/jupyter", line 11, in <module>
sys.exit(main())
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/dist-packages/jupyter_core/command.py", line 230, in main
command = _jupyter_abspath(subcommand)
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/dist-packages/jupyter_core/command.py", line 133, in _jupyter_abspath
'Jupyter command `{}` not found.'.format(jupyter_subcommand)
Exception: Jupyter command `jupyter-lab` not found.
What is wrong?
I tried to reinstall jupyter and jupyterlab multiple times with the same issue.
Its the space. Its always the space. Never ever use spaces within package name. Its always either namepart1-namepart2 or namepart1namepart2. This is because arguments are separated by space. So if you put space in between, it makes pip think that you want to install two different packages named jupyter and lab. Just use:
python -m pip install jupyterlab
Or simply:
pip install jupyterlab
No need to uninstall or reinstall anything. However to run jupyter lab server you might want to add spaces as follows:
jupyter lab
In my case, the only way to fix this was to add the following directory to the PATH in Linux:
/home/ubuntu/.local/bin
When installing jupyterlab, we may get warning like this:
Installing collected packages: jupyterlab
WARNING: The scripts jlpm, jupyter-lab, jupyter-labextension and jupyter-labhub are installed in '/home/tln/.local/bin' which is not on PATH.
Consider adding this directory to PATH or, if you prefer to suppress this warning, use --no-warn-script-location.
Successfully installed jupyterlab-3.0.14
So as per this warning, scripts like jupyter-lab will be unavailable unless added to the PATH.
Use below command to add these scripts to be able to use from command line:
tln#tln-X550LD:~$ export PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH"
That's it. This worked fine for me.
I had the same error on Windows 10. It was with pip install jupyterlab. Then after the error I uninstalled it with pip and reinstalled with "pip install jupyterlab". Everything worked flawlessly thereafter.
In your case you're using pip3. Try it as above or see if pip3 needs an update.
I had same issue. I solved it running pip install jupyterlab in prompt with admin privilegies.
Had the same issue and resolved it by installing with pip3
pip3 install jupyterlab;
jupyter lab
If you face -bash: jupyter-lab: command not found or -bash: jupyter: command not found, etc., you can look for "jupyter-lab" and enter that full path instead.
Mac:
$ /Users/mark/venv/bin/jupyter-lab
Windows:
C:\mark\venv\Scripts\jupyter-lab.exe
I got this same error every time I forgot to activate the virtualenv jupyterlab was installed into. After activating the virtualenv, all's well.
With pip
$ source [path_to_venv]/bin/activate
With pipenv
$ pipenv shell
Then, with a prompt indicating an activated shell, you can enter your command
(venv) $ jupyter lab
With conda or other more holistic python environments, you probably use their gui to activate a virtualenv with jupyter and jupyterlab installed.
Install with Anaconda
conda install -c conda-forge notebook
conda install -c conda-forge jupyter
conda install -c conda-forge jupyter_contrib_nbextensions
Once installed you just have to run
pip install jupyterlab
~/.local/bin/jupyter-lab
and ready and open browser http://localhost:8888/lab
Ubuntu 22
Lubuntu 22
well the problem is like this:
the jupyterlab module has not been packaged for debian, but the jupyterlab_server package has, named python3-jupyterlab-server.
please sudo apt install python3-jupyterlab-server.
then, as your user, run pip3 install jupyterlab, that will install it in your ~/.local/bin a few programs, the missing jupyter-lab among them.
last, but not least, run jupyter-serverextension enable --py jupyterlab.
to be able to run jupyter lab, you first need to run export PATH="/home/$(whoami)/.local/bin:"$PATH. this command will run automatically if added to your ~/.bash_profile.
ubuntu can not find the jupyter-lab because it is not in path.
in order to check the place of installment. run below command
find ~ -name jupyter-lab
possible result: /home/soshiant/.local/bin/jupyter-lab
for adding a directory to the Linux path you can follow below link:
How to add a directory to the PATH
if anyone still struggling ...
try:
find ~ -name jupyter-lab
and then:
export PATH=[path]
then try again: jupyter lab
note:
don't add any extra spaces and PATH is case sensitive and if u still struggling just try to install any missing pkgs after hosting to the main path by opining another tab or changing the path to main.
and then host to localhost:8888/lab
that should works fine...
I was using conda to install
conda install -c conda-forge jupyterlab
and this error came about.
I simply used this command to get it to run.
pip install jupyterlab
In my ubuntu installation this was qused by not using sudo before the install.
sudo pip install jupyterlab
If you already installed jupyterlab, and it dit not work, you can install again using sudo, you dont need to remove the old version first for it to work

Windows reports error when trying to install package using pipenv

I installed pipenv by following the instructions here. From the Windows command prompt I ran
pip install --user pipenv
which returned the message
Successfully installed pipenv-5.3.3
Now I want to install the requests package using pipenv, so I ran
pipenv install requests
but this returned
'pipenv' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
I have added the path
C:\Users\Robert\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python35\site-packages
to my Windows path environment variable, but I still receive the same error.
How can I install the requests package using pipenv?
EDIT: As I have remnants of Python 3.5 and Python 3.6 on my system, I'm going to uninstall everything and start anew. (I've just started learning Python and I want to keep this as simple as possible.)
I have a similar setup and faced a similar problem, but the solution I found was fairly simple. All of my PATH variables were already correct (from Python 3 the Windows Installer automatically does all of this).
The problem
The problem actually arises because of conflicting installations of virtualenv.
Fix
To address this problem you need to simply run the following commands:
First, remove your current version of virtualenv: pip uninstall virtualenv
Then, remove your current version of pipenv: pip uninstall pipenv
When you are asked Proceed (y/n)? just enter y. This will give you a clean slate.
Finally, you can once again install pipenv and its dependencies: pip install pipenv
This will also install the latest version of virtualenv.
Testing if it worked
Just enter pipenv --version in the command prompt and you should see the desired output.
Notes
I know this sounds the mundane, but it is actually the solution for Windows systems. You do not need to modify any of your system environment variables (please do not add site-packages to your environment variables).
python -m pipenv may work for you, (or python3 -m pipenv or py 3 -m pipenv) this is telling python to run the module pipenv instead of the terminal shortcut which sometimes doesn't install properly.
Just to show they are equivalent when I installed pipenv and run which pipenv it points to a file like /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.6/bin/pipenv which looks like this:
#!/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.6/bin/python3.6
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
import re
import sys
from pipenv import cli
if __name__ == '__main__':
sys.argv[0] = re.sub(r'(-script\.pyw?|\.exe)?$', '', sys.argv[0])
sys.exit(cli())
so it removes .pyw or .exe from the executable name then call pipenv.cli.cli(). It is likely there is a file like this on your machine it just didn't add python's /bin folder to your system PATH so it isn't accessible, there is usually a warning when installing python if this happens but no one checks those. :P
the module pipenv.__main__ which is run when using python -m pipenv looks like this:
from .cli import cli
if __name__ == '__main__':
cli()
Which calls pipenv.cli.cli(). So this main module absolutely does the same effective thing.
to solve this problem i need to start my CMD as administrator.
pip uninstall pipenv
pip install pipenv
To test this new configuration, you can write pipenv --version
Use python -m pipenv instead of just pipenv, it should work. Best of luck to you.
Try adding the following to Path environmental variable:
C:\Users\Robert\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python36\Scripts
instead of the \site-package, as that is where pipenv.exe is installed (at least for me).
use this cmd solve my problem :
python -m pipenv install django==2.1
Many thanks to #Srivats Shankar. In case you have tried what he said and it did not work, hope you did not forget to check your python path? If you have more than a single python version installed, doing pip uninstall virtualenv or pip uninstall pipenv might not help solve the problem.
Every python version is generally supposed to have its own pip installed. What you would do in this case is:
`-python -version_to_uninstall_virtualenv_from -m pip uninstall virtualenv; py --version -m pip uninstall virtualenv
-python -version_to_uninstall_pipenv_from -m pip uninstall pipenv; py --version -m pip uninstall pipenv`
Then you install pipenv with a similar command:
`-python -version_to_install_pipenv_on -m pip install pipenv; py --version -m pip uninstall pipenv`
I had an error like you sed and I just reinstalled pipenv and it fixed.
I used this command:
pip install pipenv
Instead of
C:\Users\Robert\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python35\site-packages
it should be
C:\Users\Robert\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python36\Scripts
after that, try closing and reopening the terminal
check warnings after installing pipenv. sometimes pipenv location not registered in environment variables.
I noticed several different situations with multiple python versions installed.
A preferred solution would be to use:
python -m pip install pipenv
This command for Python3.7 instance generates executables in
C:\Users\XXX\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37\Scripts and it made setting up other packages easier.
Windows is not officially supported, I think.
ref: https://github.com/kennethreitz/pipenv/issues/70
Please check that pipenv is installed in your system by run following command in command promt:
pipenv --version
If it returns error, so please install again and set environment variable path in your system

'virtualenv' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file

After I installed Python and Djangom, I'm trying to use virtualenv for django project purpose using virtualenv. I installed virtualenv using pip.
pip install virtualenv # got install successfully
When I tried to run it, I got the error message
C:\Users\gshiv\Desktop\DjangoProject>virtualenv
'virtualenv' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
steps:
- go to where you want create django app on that folder.
then run this command on command prompt : python -m virtualenv .
(eg. C:\Users\gshiv\Desktop\django>python -m virtualenv .)
where django is the my folder i want run virtualenv and .(dot) indicates virtualenv install all it's folder in django folder otherwise you can use other folder name instead .(dot) this time virtulenv creates a folder in main folder(django) .
after running this command: run .\scripts\activate now you can see this type of line on cmd-prompt (django) C:\Users\gshiv\Desktop\django>
i.e main folder name before the source path. now you can install any modules for your project that belongs to that main folder only.
pip install django works fine.
If you can not find your virtualenv command in the windows console/terminal after installing it with pip, try this to make your environment 🔽
python -m virtualenv <nameOfEnv>
If you want to use a specific version of python, initialize it like this 🔽
python -m virtualenv <nameOfEnv> -p=<C:/path/to/python/version3.x.x/python.exe>
When using windows for first installation, you can use python from WindowsApp
Run pip uninstall virtualenv and then pip install virtualenv
There are three points that you need to consider:
Make sure that in the windows PATH variable there is an entry with your python installation and the scripts subfolder eg: C:\Program Files (x86)\Python36-32\ and C:\Program Files (x86)\Python36-32\Scripts\
When using pip install virtualenv, make sure that you run cmd as administrator. Otherwise, there might an access denied error during installation and virtualenv will not be installed properly.
Make sure that virtualenv has been installed correctly. Check in the python scripts subfolder - there must exist an .exe named virtualenv.exe. If not, uninstall will pip uninstall virtualenv and install again.
When I ran the pip install virtualenv command I got:
Requirement already satisfied: virtualenv in c:\directory\to\appdata\roaming\python\python36\site-packages
so I tried forcing upgrade:
pip install --upgrade --force virtualenv
py -3 -m venv venv
try using the above command.
virtualenv venv
will work on only older version of python
Use
python -m venv abc
Where abc is the name of the virtual environment
Run CMD as administrator and then enter
pip uninstall virtualenv
then re-run CMD as administrator and run
pip install virtualenv
Step 1: Run pip uninstall virtualenv.
Step 2: Run pip install virtualenv.
Step 2.1: Run virtualenv to check if it's now working...
Step 3: Still not working? Go to your prevouis console log to find where it says "WARNING: The script virtualenv.exe is installed in
'C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python310\Scripts' which
is not on PATH."
Step 4: Copy the specified path from the warning message.
Step 5: Search for and open "System Properties" on your PC.
Step 6: Click the Advance tab, and then the Environment Variables Button on the bottom right.
Step 7: Click the variable value "Path" and then click edit.
Step 8: In the Edit Environment variable window, click new then paste your path in any slot.
Step 9: MAKE SURE you click OK twice and not to just exit out.
Step 10: Reboot terminal and check again.
Use py -m virtualenv Your_Folder_Name
To install to a specific folder e.g E:\publish
pip install virtualenv
virtualenv .
Try to run
PowerShell.exe -command "./venv/Scripts/activate"
You just need to reinstall virtualenv. First of all you need to uninstall virtualenv with this command.
pip uninstall virtualenv
Then just reinstall with this command.
pip install virtualenv
Solution-1: python -m venv name_of_virtual_environment
E:\code\python\tvenv>python -m venv myenv
E:\code\python\tvenv>cd myenv\Scripts\
E:\code\python\tvenv\myenv\Scripts>activate.bat
(myenv) E:\code\python\tvenv\myenv\Scripts>deactivate.bat
E:\code\python\tvenv\myenv\Scripts>
Solution-2: py -3 -m venv name_of_virtual_environment
E:\code\python\tvenv>py -3 -m venv myenv
E:\code\python\tvenv>cd myenv\Scripts
E:\code\python\tvenv\myenv\Scripts>activate.bat
(myenv) E:\code\python\tvenv\myenv\Scripts>deactivate.bat
E:\code\python\tvenv\myenv\Scripts>
For windows
First, install -> pip install virtualenvwrapper-win
Then setup -> mkvirtualenv myproject
Then you see the list of virtual environment
To see it you write-> lsvirtualenv
For working this environment we write -> workon myproject
I had this same issue using python3.
The solution was to use the python3 -m virtualenv . command.
This almost works for all
Open Command Prompt, navigate it to the Envs folder, run "env_name\Scripts\activate"
Check whether virtualenv is installed or not, if not install it:
pip install virtualenv
pip install virtualenvwrapper-win
Game On. Check on your IDE.
Try executing virtualenv.exe from its absolute path, like in my case i found it in C:\Users\<your user>\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python37\Scripts\virtualenv.exe.
I tried this and it worked, here refer the logs as follows:
Using base prefix c:\\users\\<user>\\appdata\\local\\programs\\python\\python37-32
New python executable in C:\somedir\dir2\dir3\ML_1\ml\env\Scripts\python.exe
Installing setuptools, pip, wheel...
done.
I got this error too but I figure it out.
you just have to open PowerShell as administrator and then write following command Set-ExecutionPolicy unrestricted then type A. you are all set!
now uninstall the packages and re-install them.
Now if you write flask --version or virtualenv --version There will be no error at all.
Windows
If you want to use the lsvirtualenv command with virtualenv, follow the steps below.
Incorrect:
python -m pip install virtualenv
python -m pip install virtualenvwrapper
Correct:
python -m pip install virtualenv
python -m pip install virtualenvwrapper-win
Basic Uses
Then, to create a virtual environment:
mkvirtualenv youVirtualEnvironmentName
It will be activated automatically:
C:\Users\YourUserName (youVirtualEnvironmentName) λ
First, to access an existing virtual environment:
C:\Users\YourUserName λ workon youVirtualEnvironmentName
Next, to exit the currently active virtual environment:
C:\Users\YourUserName (youVirtualEnvironmentName) λ deactivate
Finally, to list all your virtual environments:
C:\Users\YourUserName λ lsvirtualenv
dir /b /ad 'C:\Users\YourUserName\Envs'
==================================================================
youVirtualEnvironmentName
Make sure that virtualenv has been installed correctly. Check in the python scripts subfolder - there must exist an .exe named virtualenv.exe. If not, uninstall will pip uninstall virtualenv and install again.
1)First Way as
python -m virtualenv name_of_virtual_environment
OR
2)Second Way as
py -3 -m venv name_of_virtual_environment
Open a cmd or ps with run as admin.
Now run pip uninstall virtual.
pip install virtual.
Done :D
Implementation:
Go to the directory where you want to make a python env.
type: virtualenv myEnv
beep bop boop done.
ps: Always use cmd or powershell with run as admin if you're installing some new package.

Virtualenv Command Not Found

I couldn't get virtualenv to work despite various attempts. I installed virtualenv on MAC OS X using:
pip install virtualenv
and have also added the PATH into my .bash_profile. Every time I try to run the virtualenv command, it returns:
-bash: virtualenv: command not found
Every time I run pip install virtualenv, it returns:
Requirement already satisfied (use --upgrade to upgrade): virtualenv in /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages
I understand that in mac, the virtualenv should be correctly installed in
/usr/local/bin
The virtualenv is indeed installed in /usr/local/bin, but whenever I try to run the virtualenv command, the command is not found. I've also tried to run the virtualenv command in the directory /usr/local/bin, and it gives me the same result:
-bash: virtualenv: command not found
These are the PATHs I added to my .bash_profile
export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/bin
export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/bin/python
export PATH=$PATH:/Library/Framework/Python.framework/Version/2.7/lib/site-packages
Any workarounds for this? Why is this the case?
If you installed it with
pip install virtualenv
You need to run
sudo /usr/bin/easy_install virtualenv
which puts it in /usr/local/bin/.
The above directory by default should be in your PATH; otherwise, edit your .zshrc (or .bashrc) accordingly.
I faced the same issue and this is how I solved it:
The issue occurred to me because I installed virtualenv via pip as a regular user (not root). pip installed the packages into the directory ~/.local/lib/pythonX.X/site-packages
When I ran pip as root or with admin privileges (sudo), it installed packages in /usr/lib/pythonX.X/dist-packages. This path might be different for you.
virtualenv command gets recognized only in the second scenario
So, to solve the issue, do pip uninstall virtualenv and then reinstall it with sudo pip install virtualenv (or install as root)
The simplest answer. Just:
pip uninstall virtualenv
and then:
pip install virtualenv
Or you maybe installed virtualenv with sudo, in that case:
pip install --user virtualenv
python3 -m virtualenv virtualenv_name
or
python -m virtualenv virtualenv_name
On Ubuntu 18.04 LTS I also faced same error.
Following command worked:
sudo apt-get install python-virtualenv
I had the same issue. I used the following steps to make it work
sudo pip uninstall virtualenv
sudo -H pip install virtualenv
That is it. It started working.
Usage of sudo -H----> sudo -H: set HOME variable to target user's home dir.
I had same problem on Mac OS X El Capitan.
When I installed virtualenv like that sudo pip3 install virtualenv I didn't have virtualenv under my command line.
I solved this problem by following those steps:
Uninstall previous installations.
Switch to super user account prior to virtualenv installation by calling sudo su
Install virtualenv by calling pip3 install virtualenv
Finally you should be able to access virtualenv from both user and super user account.
Figure out the problem
Try installing with the --verbose flag
pip install virtualenv --verbose
Output will look something like this
..
Using cached virtualenv-15.1.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl
Downloading from URL https://pypi.python.org/packages/6f/86/3dc328ee7b1a6419ebfac7896d882fba83c48e3561d22ddddf38294d3e83/virtualenv-15.1.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl#md5=aa7e5b86cc8cdb99794c4b99e8d670f3 (from https://pypi.python.org/simple/virtualenv/)
Installing collected packages: virtualenv
changing mode of /home/manos/.local/bin/virtualenv to 755
Successfully installed virtualenv-15.1.0
Cleaning up...
From the output we can see that it's installed at /home/manos/.local/bin/virtualenv so let's ensure PATH includes that.
echo $PATH
/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/games:/snap/bin
In my case we can clearly see that /home/manos/.local/bin is totally missing and that's why the shell can't find the program.
Solutions
We can solve this in many ways:
We can install directly to a specific directory by fiddling with pip options (not recomended).
Create appropriate symlinks at /usr/local/bin or similar.
Append /home/manos/.local/bin to PATH.
Install as sudo to install directly to /usr/local/bin
The two last options are probably the most sensible. The last solution is the simplest so therefore I will just show solution 3.
Add this to ~/.profile:
PATH="$PATH:$HOME/.local/bin"
Logout out and in again and it should work.
Found this solution and this worked perfectly for me.
sudo -H pip install virtualenv
The -H sets it to the HOME directory, which seems to be the issue for most people.
Personally. I did the same steps you did on a fresh Ubuntu 20 installation (except that I used pip3). I got the same problem, and I remember I solved it this way:
python3 -m virtualenv venv
Link to understand the -m <module-name> notation.
You are having this error :
zsh: command not found: virtualenv
Because most probably you tried to install virtualenv without typing sudo beforehand.
If you try to add it to /usr/local/bin, this may result on syntax errors as the packages are not properly isntalled/copied:
SyntaxError: invalid syntax
File "build/bdist.macosx-12.0-x86_64/egg/platformdirs/__main__.py", line 16
def main() -> None:
^
In case you have tried to install virtualenv via pip without sudo rights, you need first to uninstall it:
pip3 uninstall virtualenv
Then install it using sudo:
sudo pip3 install virtualenv
Next you just need to activate the env:
virtualenv env
source env/bin/activate
In my case, I ran pip show virtualenv to get the information about virtualenv package. I will look similar to this and will also show location of the package:
user#machine:~$ pip show virtualenv
Name: virtualenv
Version: 16.2.0
Summary: Virtual Python Environment builder
Home-page: https://virtualenv.pypa.io/
Author: Ian Bicking
Author-email: ianb#colorstudy.com
License: MIT
Location: /home/user/.local/lib/python3.6/site-packages
Requires: setuptools
From that grab the part of location up to the .local part, which in this case is /home/user/.local/. You can find virtualenv command under /home/user/.local/bin/virtualenv.
You can then run commands like /home/user/.local/bin/virtualenv newvirtualenv.
You said that every time you run the pip install you get Requirement already satisfied (use --upgrade to upgrade): virtualenv in /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages. What you need to do is the following:
Change Directory (go to to the one where the virtualenv.py)
cd /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages
If you do an ls you will see that the script is there virtualenv.py
Run the script like this:
python virtualenv.py --distribute /the/path/at/which/you/want/the/new/venv/at theNameOfTheNewVirtualEnv
Hope this helps. My advice would be to research venvs more. Here is a good resource: https://www.dabapps.com/blog/introduction-to-pip-and-virtualenv-python/
I had troubles because I used apt to install python-virtualenv package.
To get it working I had to remove this package with apt-get remove python-virtualenv and install it with pip install virtualenv.
Ensure that virtualenv is executable.
If virtualenv is not found, running the full path (/usr/local/bin/virtualenv) should work.
I had the same problem for a long time.
I solved it by running these two commands, first is to install second is to activate the env:
python3 -m pip install virtualenv
python3 -m virtualenv yourenvname
Note that I'm using python3, you can change it to just python if python3 fails.
Thanks.
I think your problem can be solved using a simple symbolic link, but you are creating the symbolic link to the wrong file. As far as I know virtualenv is installed to /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/bin/virtualenv, (you can change the numbers for your Python version) so the command for creating the symbolic link should be:
ln -s /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/bin/virtualenv /usr/local/bin/virtualenv
On ubuntu 18.4 on AWS installation with pip don't work correctly.
Using apt-get install the problem was solved for me.
sudo apt-get install python-virtualenv
and to check
virtualenv --version
Same problem:
So I just did pip uninstall virtualenv
Then pip install virtualenv
pip install virtualenv --user
Collecting virtualenv
Using cached https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/b6/30/96a02b2287098b23b875bc8c2f58071c35d2efe84f747b64d523721dc2b5/virtualenv-16.0.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl
Installing collected packages: virtualenv
Then I got this :
The script virtualenv is installed in '/Users/brahim/Library/Python/2.7/bin' which is not on PATH.
Consider adding this directory to PATH or, if you prefer to suppress this warning, use --no-warn-script-location.
which clearly says where it is installed and what to do to get it
If you're using Linux, open your terminal and type virtualenv halfway and autocomplete with tab key. If there's no auto-completion install virtualenv on your system by running:
mycomp$sudo apt-get install virtualenv
//if you're already super user.
mycomp#apt-get install virtualenv
You can now navigate to where you want to create your project and do:
myprj$pip3 install virtualenv
//to install python 3.5 and above
myprj$virtualenv venv --python=python3.5
//to activate virtualenv
(venv)myprj$source venv/bin/activate
(venv)myprj$deactivate
This works on Ubuntu 18 and above (not tested in previous versions):
sudo apt install python3-virtualenv
Make sure that you are using
sudo
In this case, at first you need to uninstall the pipenv and then install again using sudo command.
pip uninstall pipenv
sudo pip install pipenv
Follow these basic steps to setup the virtual env
sudo pip install virtualenv virtualenvwrapper
sudo rm -rf ~/get-pip.py ~/.cache/pip
we need to update our ~/.bashrc
export WORKON_HOME=$HOME/.virtualenvs
source /usr/local/bin/virtualenvwrapper.sh
The ~/.bashrc file is simply a shell script that Bash runs whenever you launch a new terminal. You normally use this file to set various configurations. In this case, we are setting an environment variable called WORKON_HOME to point to the directory where our Python virtual environments live. We then load any necessary configurations from virtualenvwrapper .
To update your ~/.bashrc file simply use a standard text editor, nano is likely the easiest to operate.
A more simple solution is to use the cat command and avoid editors entirely:
echo -e "\n# virtualenv and virtualenvwrapper" >> ~/.bashrc
echo "export WORKON_HOME=$HOME/.virtualenvs" >> ~/.bashrc
echo "source /usr/local/bin/virtualenvwrapper.sh" >> ~/.bashrc
After editing our ~/.bashrc file, we need to reload the changes:
source ~/.bashrc
Now that we have installed virtualenv and virtualenvwrapper , the next step is to actually create the Python virtual environment — we do this using the mkvirtualenv command.
mkvirtualenv YOURENV
I'm doing Angela Yu's online iOS course and I was getting same problem plus also was getting permission denied error 13 when I was trying to run virtualenv --python=/{myPath} {newVirtualEnvName}
I solved it by:
switching to sudo user sudo su
navigating to my destination folder (where I want my new virtual env to live) ie. /Users/muUserName/Environments/
run command python -m virtualenv python27 where python27 is a name of my new virtual environment
above created folder pathon27 in my Environments folder, and then I was able to run source python27/bin/activate to start my virtualenv
After upgrading MacOS Monterey from 12.5.1 to 12.6, I was no longer able to run virtualenv. Since I had brew on my mac, installed like this:
$ brew install virtualenv
...
==> Installing virtualenv
==> Pouring virtualenv--20.16.5.monterey.bottle.tar.gz
/usr/local/Cellar/virtualenv/20.16.5: 949 files, 20.3MB
==> Running `brew cleanup virtualenv`...
...
Of course, brew decided to upgrade various other packages I had as well, but virtualenv was available again thereafter.
For me it was installed in this path (python 2.7 on MacOS):
$HOME/Library/Python/2.7/bin
Simple answer is that if you are not a sudo user as I was not one.You need to add path of your bin folder (/home/myusername/.local/bin).So basically the command line searches in which of these path is the command which you have typed.
export PATH=/home/b18150/.local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin
here it will search in local/bin first then /usr/bin and then /bin.
on Mac
> pip3 install virtualenv
> python3 -m virtualenv [venv_name_you_want]
Q. virtualenv not found
After installing virtualenv, virtualenv exist on the pip3 list. But When to use the "virtualenv [venv_name]" command, it returns "virtualenv not found".
A. Because virtualenv is installed as a module in python3. Not installed as a command tool like python3 in the "/usr/bin/.." path. So this case we can use "python3 -m virtualenv [venv_name]".
And we can see where it is to retry this command "pip3 install virtualenv". Then zsh or your shell tells us kindly this info.
Defaulting to user installation because normal site-packages is not writeable
Requirement already satisfied: virtualenv in /Users/[your-usr-name-here]/Library/Python/3.8/lib/python/site-packages (20.16.5)
Requirement already satisfied: filelock<4,>=3.4.1 in /Users/[your-usr-name-here]/Library/Python/3.8/lib/python/site-packages (from virtualenv) (3.8.0) ...
If you installed it with
pip install virtualenv
Now to use it you need to type this command:
python -m virtualenv name_of_your_virtualenv
in order to activate it:
.\name_of_your_virtualenv\Scripts\activate
if you face a problem activating your virtualenv, it could be Execution Policy Settings. To fix it, you should try executing this command in your command line: Set-ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted -Scope Process. This would allow PowerShell will run the script.
apt update
apt upgrade
apt install ufw python virtualenv git unzip pv
3 commands and everything working!

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