Python setup : command not found

Question

Apologies if this is a basic question:

I have been trying to setup Python on my laptop by following the tutorial here. Under PIP, VIRTUALENV + VIRTUALENVWRAPPER subtitle, it says

And now setup virtualenvwrapper:

1 $ export WORKON_HOME=$HOME/.virtualenvs

2 $ export MSYS_HOME=/c/msys/1.0

3 $ source /usr/local/bin/virtualenvwrapper.sh

The last line of above gives me the following error:

$ source /usr/local/bin/virtualenvwrapper.sh
sh.exe": /usr/local/bin/virtualenvwrapper.sh: No such file or directory

So when I test my setup I get the following error:

$ mkvirtualenv TestEnv
sh.exe": mkvirtualenv: command not found

Could some1 help me out please?

THis is all on a Win7 laptop.

Thanks.

Yep. I did pip install virtualenvwrapper. When i do it again, I get a msg saying Requirement already satisfied. SO I am assuming that it is installed correctly. — Has, Sep 08 '13 at 13:33
What is the output of `pip show -f virtualenvwrapper | grep virtualenvwrapper.sh`? — falsetru, Sep 08 '13 at 13:41
I just get this: $ pip show -f virtualenvwrapper | grep v ..\..\..\Scripts\virtualenvwrapper.sh — Has, Sep 08 '13 at 13:46

matcheek · Accepted Answer · 2013-09-08T13:59:46.300

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From what you wrote it looks to me that you are mixing Windows and Linux shell commands.

I strongly advocate you get the virtualenv working first before you turn to a wrapper

To get virtualenv on Windows 7

pip install virtualenv

then

virtualenv name_to_your_env

name_to_your_env\Scripts\activate

edited Sep 08 '13 at 13:59

answered Sep 08 '13 at 13:53

matcheek

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For the second part, I get the following error: $ nameOfEnv\bin\activate sh.exe": nameOfEnvbinactivate: command not found – Has Sep 08 '13 at 13:56
Did you run on on windows command line? "$" at the start which I have just noticed suggests the you are running some shell that you did not mention directly in the question. The command should be run directly in the windows command line – matcheek Sep 08 '13 at 15:10
Iccc! THank you sooo much! Yep that works! SO every time i create a virtual env, I have to do name_to_your_env\Scripts\activate ? THanks. – Has Sep 08 '13 at 15:29
Yea I was running in the shell because in the tutorial i was following here http://newcoder.io/begin/setup-your-machine/#windows , all the commands began with a $ – Has Sep 08 '13 at 15:30
Yes, as far as virtualenv is concerned, you have to run it once for every virtual environment you create. Happy that it worked for you. – matcheek Sep 08 '13 at 15:31
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The issue may persist when using git bash. Switch to the native command prompt – kakoma Nov 08 '16 at 14:01

score 5 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 03 '16 at 00:12

I was having this same problem but got it to work a different way in Windows.

pip install virtualenv
virtualenv venv

.\venv\Scripts\activate.bat

The key here is running activate.bat rather than just activate. Once I did this and closed and opened cmd again and tried the normal

.\venv\Scripts\activate

it worked. I don't know why but it worked for me, hopefully it helps somebody else.

score 3 · Answer 3 · answered Sep 08 '13 at 13:51

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According to your comment, virtualenvwrapper.sh is not in /usr/local/bin.

You should pass correct path to source command.

source /path/to/..../Scripts/virtualenvwrapper.sh

answered Sep 08 '13 at 13:51

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I get this when I do the above: '$ source /path/to/..../Scripts/virtualenvwrapper.sh sh.exe": /path/to/..../Scripts/virtualenvwrapper.sh: No such file or directory' – Has Sep 08 '13 at 13:53
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@Hasnain, `/path/to/..../Scripts/virtualenvwrapper.sh` is just a example. You should specify real path. – falsetru Sep 08 '13 at 13:56
Oh I see! Apologies. Where can i find the real path? Thanks. – Has Sep 08 '13 at 14:22
@Hasnain, Try `python -c "import os; print os.path.abspath('..\..\..\Scripts\virtualenvwrapper.sh')"` in the directory where you did run the `pip show ...` command. It will tell you absolute path of the shell script. – falsetru Sep 08 '13 at 14:25
Hi, I believe it is c:/Python27/Scripts/virtualenvwrapper.sh. So i did source c:/Python27/Scripts/virtualenvwrapper.sh. I still get $ source c:/Python27/Scripts/virtualenvwrapper.sh sh.exe": mktemp: command not found ERROR: virtualenvwrapper could not create a temporary file name. – Has Sep 08 '13 at 14:38

score 0 · Answer 4 · edited Nov 16 '14 at 19:06

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I had encountered with the same problem and solved it by downloading mktemp binary for windows and uncompressing it under git/bin. Then it works. (I was trying to run leiningen [lein help] command under Git Bash, on Windows 7)

This is the download site i visited.

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answered Nov 16 '14 at 18:15

Python setup : command not found

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