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Python Setting Up a Local Python Environment Installing Python and Python Libraries Locally Using virtualenv

Joseph Anderson
Joseph Anderson
10,617 Points
Posted by Joseph Anderson
Joseph Anderson
10,617 Points

My virtual environment doesn't think it has python or pip?

When I activated a venv in my windows command prompt, it returned a blank line, then my prompt (without the (venv) prefix Kenneth has in his video) and it also returns an error when I try to run pip or python in the environment saying neither are commands.

Can anyone tell me why this might be happening?

1 Answer

Joseph Anderson
Joseph Anderson
10,617 Points
Joseph Anderson
Joseph Anderson
10,617 Points

Ok I figured it out. First I had to type "virtualenv venv" into my command prompt which set up the environment, then I had to scripts\activate. I also managed to set up the venv to give me a prompt with --prompt="VENV" which gave me a handy prompt.

Vittorio Somaschini
Vittorio Somaschini
33,371 Points
Vittorio Somaschini
Vittorio Somaschini
33,371 Points

Hi Joseph.

I have changed your comment into an answer so that you can mark it down as best answer and close the thread.

Well done in figuring it out yourself!

;) Vittorio