Problem Introduction Language version: Python 3.8 Operating system: Windows 10 Any other relevant software: Jupyter Notebook and html-requests
Context:
I am trying to install pipenv and follow along with this tutorial on using pipenv. I was only able to successfully able to install requests after adding a "-m" (as seen in the second chunk of code below). I don't even know what "-m" even means nor how I knew to do that. My goal and expected outcome is to open a pipenv shell.
Actual outcome:
after that I received this error when I tried to open a pipenv shell:
PS C:\Users\Cullen Harris\desktop\cfeproj> pipenv shell
pipenv : The term 'pipenv' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable program.
Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try again.
At line:1 char:1
+ pipenv shell
+ ~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (pipenv:String) [], CommandNotFoundException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : CommandNotFoundException
Things I have tried: The code I inserted before the error:
PS C:\Users\Cullen Harris\desktop\cfeproj> pipenv install requests
pipenv : The term 'pipenv' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable program.
Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try again.
At line:1 char:1
+ pipenv install requests
+ ~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (pipenv:String) [], CommandNotFoundException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : CommandNotFoundException
PS C:\Users\Cullen Harris\desktop\cfeproj> python -m pipenv install requests
Creating a virtualenv for this project…
Pipfile: C:\Users\Cullen Harris\desktop\cfeproj\Pipfile
Using C:/Users/Cullen Harris/AppData/Local/Programs/Python/Python38-32/python.exe (3.8.6) to create virtualenv…
[= ] Creating virtual environment...created virtual environment CPython3.8.6.final.0-32 in 2512ms
creator CPython3Windows(dest=C:\Users\Cullen Harris\.virtualenvs\cfeproj-xPOGFEhb, clear=False, global=False)
seeder FromAppData(download=False, pip=bundle, setuptools=bundle, wheel=bundle, via=copy, app_data_dir=C:\Users\Cullen Harris\AppData\Local\Packages\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.8_qbz5n2kfra8p0\LocalCache\Local\pypa\virtualenv)
added seed packages: pip==20.2.3, setuptools==50.3.0, wheel==0.35.1
activators BashActivator,BatchActivator,FishActivator,PowerShellActivator,PythonActivator,XonshActivator
Successfully created virtual environment!
Virtualenv location: C:\Users\Cullen Harris\.virtualenvs\cfeproj-xPOGFEhb
Creating a Pipfile for this project…
Installing requests…
Adding requests to Pipfile's [packages]…
Installation Succeeded
Pipfile.lock not found, creating…
Locking [dev-packages] dependencies…
Locking [packages] dependencies…
Building requirements...
Resolving dependencies...
Success!
Updated Pipfile.lock (fbd99e)!
Installing dependencies from Pipfile.lock (fbd99e)…
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To activate this project's virtualenv, run pipenv shell.
Alternatively, run a command inside the virtualenv with pipenv run.
I could not figure out why I had this problem. However, one solution was to use pycharm instead of the terminal. I am not sure why it worked, but it did!