I'm new to Python and I'm trying to install a projects dependencies for the first time and run the unit tests provided.
The project uses poetry and pytest. I've successfully done a fresh install of poetry on my Windows machine following the instructions on the website but when trying to install dependencies using poetry install it gives the following error:
EnvCommandError
Command C:\Users\jon.doe\AppData\Local\pypoetry\Cache\virtualenvs\my-project-d9FwOK5-py3.8\Scripts\python.exe - errored with the following return code 1, and output:
The system cannot find the path specified.
input was : import sys
if hasattr(sys, "real_prefix"):
print(sys.real_prefix)
elif hasattr(sys, "base_prefix"):
print(sys.base_prefix)
else:
print(sys.prefix)
at ~\.poetry\lib\poetry\utils\env.py:1101 in _run
1097│ output = subprocess.check_output(
1098│ cmd, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT, **kwargs
1099│ )
1100│ except CalledProcessError as e:
→ 1101│ raise EnvCommandError(e, input=input_)
1102│
1103│ return decode(output)
1104│
1105│ def execute(self, bin, *args, **kwargs):
C:\Users\jon.doe\AppData\Local\pypoetry doesn't exist so that's why it can't find the virtualenv. My config is set to create a virtualenv if one doesn't exist (as it is by default, I've changed nothing).
Why is it looking in the wrong place and how do I get a virtualenv connected and up and running for this project?
In the end Poetry wasn't the issue. My copy of Windows came with a "python.exe" Python installer that had an environment variable that was causing problems - removing it fixed the issue.