pipenv FileNotFoundError when trying to create virtual environment

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I am trying to setup a virtual environment using pipenv with Python 3.8.5. I installed Miniconda3 and used pip install --user pipenv and it appeared to install fine. Running pipenv --version works fine.

Eamon@DESKTOP-J37G7TQ MINGW64 ~
$ pip install --user pipenv
Requirement already satisfied: pipenv in c:\users\eamon\appdata\roaming\python\python38\site-packages (2020.11.15)
Requirement already satisfied: virtualenv in c:\users\eamon\appdata\roaming\python\python38\site-packages (from pipenv) (20.2.2)
Requirement already satisfied: pip>=18.0 in c:\users\eamon\miniconda3\lib\site-packages (from pipenv) (20.2.4)
Requirement already satisfied: certifi in c:\users\eamon\miniconda3\lib\site-packages (from pipenv) (2020.12.5)
Requirement already satisfied: setuptools>=36.2.1 in c:\users\eamon\miniconda3\lib\site-packages (from pipenv) (50.3.1.post20201107)
Requirement already satisfied: virtualenv-clone>=0.2.5 in c:\users\eamon\appdata\roaming\python\python38\site-packages (from pipenv) (0.5.4)
Requirement already satisfied: distlib<1,>=0.3.1 in c:\users\eamon\appdata\roaming\python\python38\site-packages (from virtualenv->pipenv) (0.3.1)
Requirement already satisfied: six<2,>=1.9.0 in c:\users\eamon\miniconda3\lib\site-packages (from virtualenv->pipenv) (1.15.0)
Requirement already satisfied: appdirs<2,>=1.4.3 in c:\users\eamon\appdata\roaming\python\python38\site-packages (from virtualenv->pipenv) (1.4.4)
Requirement already satisfied: filelock<4,>=3.0.0 in c:\users\eamon\appdata\roaming\python\python38\site-packages (from virtualenv->pipenv) (3.0.12)

However, when trying to create a virtual environment with pipenv --three, the result is:

$ pipenv --three
Creating a virtualenv for this project...
Pipfile: C:\Users\Eamon\python_practice\pipenv-project1\Pipfile
Using C:/Users/Eamon/miniconda3/python.exe (3.8.5) to create virtualenv...
[   =] Creating virtual environment...FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'c:\\users\\eamon\\miniconda3\\Lib\\venv\\scripts\\nt\\python.exe'

Failed creating virtual environment

[pipenv.exceptions.VirtualenvCreationException]:
Failed to create virtual environment.

I tried adding the path 'c:\\users\\eamon\\miniconda3\\Lib\\venv\\scripts\\nt\\python.exe' to my environment variables path list but that didn't seem to work. What else can I do?

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1 Answers

Try to use pip package virtualenv. I've tried it on Ubuntu 20LTS and also Windows 10 and this works for me.

Install a python virtual environment builder:

python3 -m pip install virtualenv

Create a virtual environment named venv inside the project's directory: virtualenv venv

To activate this environment use this command inside project's directory: source venv/bin/activate

Install python modules dependencies listed in a requirements.txt:

python3 -m pip install -r requirements.txt

You should activate virtual environment when you working with python in this directory for package installation and for running commands in the project directory. When you need to deactivate the virtual environment do it using deactivate command.

To deactivate environment simply run: deactivate

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