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small gull Mar 7, 2024, 6:35 AM

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as the title suggests, I am having issues runnig my code, I keep getting a module not found error.

I did some research and it seems the issue would be a discrepancy between the interpreter and the venv pythonn version, for which the dependencies are installed for.

with the venv activated I run a which python command and the response is

python: aliased to /usr/bin/python3

I checked my .zsrhc file and there is an entry there for alias python=/usr/bin/python3

I try to run my code using python run.py , where run.py is considered my "main" file.

when i do this I get the module not found error.

when I try to use python3 run.py as is the aliased python, from the which command.

The response I get in this scenario is that the computer asks me to load some lower level dependencies.

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small gull as the title suggests, I am having issues runnig my code, I keep getting a modul...

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dreamy brook Mar 7, 2024, 6:37 AM

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iirc venv should override aliases

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how did you activate the venv, what does your terminal look like?

small gull Mar 7, 2024, 6:38 AM

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its a zsh terminal

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i am kind of noob, but not really, but i essentially navigate to the /venv/bin folder

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then run it using source activate

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then traverse up to my main level

dreamy brook Mar 7, 2024, 6:39 AM

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and does your terminal say (venv) at the beginning of each line?

small gull Mar 7, 2024, 6:39 AM

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yup

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it's activated

dreamy brook Mar 7, 2024, 6:39 AM

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and when you run source python it shows that alias?

small gull Mar 7, 2024, 6:39 AM

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i never ran the source python command

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i get back a long resposne

dreamy brook Mar 7, 2024, 6:40 AM

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sorry

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i meant which python

small gull Mar 7, 2024, 6:40 AM

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python: aliased to /usr/bin/python3

dreamy brook Mar 7, 2024, 6:40 AM

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This is likely your issue https://stackoverflow.com/questions/71610997/python-alias-in-zshrc-overrides-virtual-environment-source

Stack Overflow

python alias in ~/.zshrc overrides virtual environment source

I've got a couple aliases setup in my terminal session initialization shell script ~/.zshrc
alias python=/opt/homebrew/bin/python3.9
alias pip=/opt/homebrew/bin/pip3.9

These are interfering with my

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you're running your code using the global python installation, but your packages are installed in the venv (or the other way around)

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if your python alias is fixed, then you'll be running code and installing packages in the same environment

small gull Mar 7, 2024, 6:42 AM

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hmm i sort of understand

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didnt realize i was using global package

small gull Mar 7, 2024, 6:42 AM

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dreamy brook if your `python` alias is fixed, then you'll be running code and installing pack...

there are so many solutions in the post

dreamy brook Mar 7, 2024, 6:43 AM

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Personally I would just remove the alias from zshrc

small gull Mar 7, 2024, 6:43 AM

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wont that screw up other scripts

dreamy brook Mar 7, 2024, 6:43 AM

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if you want to use the global python, just use python3 instead of python

dreamy brook Mar 7, 2024, 6:43 AM

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small gull wont that screw up other scripts

no

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.zshrc is only loaded when you launch the zsh terminal

small gull Mar 7, 2024, 6:44 AM

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dreamy brook if you want to use the global python, just use `python3` instead of `python`

why would i want to use the global installation, thought that was bad

dreamy brook Mar 7, 2024, 6:44 AM

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you wouldn't

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it is

small gull Mar 7, 2024, 6:44 AM

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alright lemme remove the alias

dreamy brook Mar 7, 2024, 6:44 AM

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that's why you don't really need an alias which makes it easier to use

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you do have to use the global installation to create a virtual environment, though python3 -m venv venv

small gull Mar 7, 2024, 6:44 AM

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can i copy pasta some of my file for review

dreamy brook Mar 7, 2024, 6:45 AM

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maybe just start another post if you've fixed this problem

small gull Mar 7, 2024, 6:45 AM

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dreamy brook you do have to use the global installation to create a virtual environment, thou...

sometimes I forget to run python3, and run python

small gull Mar 7, 2024, 6:45 AM

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dreamy brook maybe just start another post if you've fixed this problem

there are other aliases is why

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i also used brew to install it

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wondering if I should remove other aliases

dreamy brook Mar 7, 2024, 6:45 AM

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probably not

small gull Mar 7, 2024, 6:46 AM

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ok deleted aliases lets see

dreamy brook Mar 7, 2024, 6:46 AM

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just be aware that your aliases take priority over whatever is happening in the venv

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fyi you're gonna need to close and re-open zsh to refresh your .zshrc

small gull Mar 7, 2024, 6:47 AM

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I ran source ~/.zshrc

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is that diff than what you're suggesting

dreamy brook Mar 7, 2024, 6:47 AM

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that won't delete an alias which was already created earlier

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afaik

small gull Mar 7, 2024, 6:47 AM

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alright so close and restart term

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welp

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now the homebrew alias is giving me an error

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zsh: no such file or directory: /opt/homebrew/bin/python3

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might need to delete that one too, idk seems sus

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analysis paralysis

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which python points to the alias

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