I am following a guide to get NLTK working on my computer and part of the process is setting up a virtual environment so I can manage packages across projects.
Here is the guide I'm following: https://docs.python-guide.org/dev/virtualenvs/
I run into an issue when I reach the part where I'm supposed to "pipenv install requests". I get the message Installing...Failed to load paths: No Python at 'c:\users\[username]\appdata\local\programs\python\**python38**\python.exe'
I have python 3.9.2 installed so my path is c:\users\[username]\appdata\local\programs\python\**python39**\python.exe. Therefore, the python38 directory does not exist, nor does the path in my environment variables.
Do I need to install 3.8.8 to be able to follow this guide? If so, can I install 3.8.8 while 3.9.2 is installed as well, or Can I switch between the two versions? should I just uninstall 3.9.2 and work with 3.8.8?
Thank you.
You might need to specify a python version for pipenv, you can do that with: pipenv --version 3.9, you can read more about specifying the version here: https://pipenv.pypa.io/en/latest/basics/#specifying-versions-of-python