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odd tapir Jun 15, 2025, 5:06 PM

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did you try the pip command?

lilac magnet Jun 15, 2025, 5:06 PM

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yes

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already satisfied

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that's what i get

odd tapir Jun 15, 2025, 5:06 PM

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how are you running the python file?

lilac magnet Jun 15, 2025, 5:07 PM

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in VSS

odd tapir Jun 15, 2025, 5:07 PM

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vss?

lilac magnet Jun 15, 2025, 5:07 PM

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sorry VSC

odd tapir Jun 15, 2025, 5:07 PM

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you need to check what interpreter it is using

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hit ctrl+shift+p and type interpreter

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should be something like select interpreter

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just check what the python version is labelled as

lilac magnet Jun 15, 2025, 5:08 PM

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okay just a sec

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this might help?

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i also deleted python 3.10 to put 3.13 (new version) and idk really anymore

odd tapir Jun 15, 2025, 5:10 PM

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type py -0 in terminal

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deleted or uninstalled 🤔

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i still think you have two version installed

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you need to make sure that pip installs to the correct interpreter. The one you are using to run your code

lilac magnet Jun 15, 2025, 5:11 PM

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uninstalled

odd tapir Jun 15, 2025, 5:11 PM

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do py -m pip install ...

lilac magnet Jun 15, 2025, 5:11 PM

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i clicked on py -0 and gent venv and conda

odd tapir Jun 15, 2025, 5:12 PM

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send a screenshot

lilac magnet Jun 15, 2025, 5:12 PM

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lilac magnet Jun 15, 2025, 5:12 PM

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odd tapir do `py -m pip install ...`

this should be in my folder where my main.py is?

odd tapir Jun 15, 2025, 5:13 PM

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lilac magnet this should be in my folder where my main.py is?

it doesn't matter. Any terminal

lilac magnet Jun 15, 2025, 5:13 PM

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lilac magnet

also i already have venv file in my folder

odd tapir Jun 15, 2025, 5:13 PM

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lilac magnet i clicked on py -0 and gent venv and conda

no, these are terminal commands now

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lilac magnet Jun 15, 2025, 5:15 PM

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-V:3.13 * Python 3.13 (64-bit)

odd tapir Jun 15, 2025, 5:15 PM

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okay good so you only have the one

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you need to switch to the venv interpreter in vsc

lilac magnet Jun 15, 2025, 5:15 PM

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thank god

odd tapir Jun 15, 2025, 5:15 PM

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then activate the venv in terminal

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then execute pip command

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ctrl shift p and type interpreter and send screenshot

lilac magnet Jun 15, 2025, 5:16 PM

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can you might be able to help me with this? first time doing it

odd tapir Jun 15, 2025, 5:16 PM

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odd tapir ctrl shift p and type interpreter and send screenshot

yep just do this first

lilac magnet Jun 15, 2025, 5:16 PM

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here 🙂

odd tapir Jun 15, 2025, 5:16 PM

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Are you sure you have a venv

lilac magnet Jun 15, 2025, 5:17 PM

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yes

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look

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odd tapir Jun 15, 2025, 5:17 PM

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is that in your project folder

lilac magnet Jun 15, 2025, 5:18 PM

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yes

odd tapir Jun 15, 2025, 5:18 PM

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select the second option "enter interpreter path"

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then you need to go to the venv folder and look for python.exe

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...venv/scripts/python.exe

lilac magnet Jun 15, 2025, 5:19 PM

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odd tapir `...venv/scripts/python.exe`

basically before ... i should put my file location?

odd tapir Jun 15, 2025, 5:19 PM

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yes

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but you dont have to type it

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you can browse to it

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hit "find"

lilac magnet Jun 15, 2025, 5:19 PM

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and then just select venv file right?

odd tapir Jun 15, 2025, 5:19 PM

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you need to select python.exe

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inside of venv/scripts

lilac magnet Jun 15, 2025, 5:20 PM

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hm now it's get bit tricky

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okay i think i found python.exe

odd tapir Jun 15, 2025, 5:22 PM

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got it?

lilac magnet Jun 15, 2025, 5:22 PM

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yes i found python.exe

odd tapir Jun 15, 2025, 5:22 PM

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did you select it

lilac magnet Jun 15, 2025, 5:22 PM

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yes

odd tapir Jun 15, 2025, 5:22 PM

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okay now we install into the venv

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you need to activate it

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you have to run a script

lilac magnet Jun 15, 2025, 5:23 PM

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i ran it and still got the same error...

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my code i ran it

odd tapir Jun 15, 2025, 5:23 PM

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okay thats fine

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actually lets check something first

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go into the venv folder

lilac magnet Jun 15, 2025, 5:23 PM

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but i got this

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odd tapir Jun 15, 2025, 5:23 PM

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okay thats fine

lilac magnet Jun 15, 2025, 5:24 PM

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okay im in venv folder

odd tapir Jun 15, 2025, 5:24 PM

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go into venv folder. Into Lib > site packages

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what's in there?

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send screenie

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okay intersting

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the library is in there

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instagrapi or whatever

lilac magnet Jun 15, 2025, 5:27 PM

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yes

odd tapir Jun 15, 2025, 5:27 PM

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the plot thickens

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delete the two instagrapi folders from there

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and pip install it again

lilac magnet Jun 15, 2025, 5:28 PM

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these?

odd tapir Jun 15, 2025, 5:28 PM

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yes

odd tapir Jun 15, 2025, 5:28 PM

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lilac magnet

and make sure use python from ... is selected

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and if still nothing then we will try to activate the venv and installing again

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py -m pip install ...
and pip install ...

try both of these

lilac magnet Jun 15, 2025, 5:29 PM

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okay so firstly use python from and then pip install instagrapi?

odd tapir Jun 15, 2025, 5:29 PM

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yes

lilac magnet Jun 15, 2025, 5:29 PM

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it's perfectly fine to run pip install in site-packages folder?

odd tapir Jun 15, 2025, 5:30 PM

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that menu only selects which interpreter vsc uses to run the code, and not actually which interpreter installed libraries are sent to

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yes

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it doesn't matter where pip commands are run from

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because every pip always installs to its own libraries stash

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that's why you have to use the correct pip

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which is the problem here I assume

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we have to activate the venv's pip, and not use the global interpreter one

lilac magnet Jun 15, 2025, 5:30 PM

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okay i installed it

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pip install

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now what

odd tapir Jun 15, 2025, 5:31 PM

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run the code

lilac magnet Jun 15, 2025, 5:31 PM

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CRITICAL ERROR: 'instagrapi' library not found. The core functionality will not work.
Please install it: pip install instagrapi

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😦

odd tapir Jun 15, 2025, 5:31 PM

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doo

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pip -V

lilac magnet Jun 15, 2025, 5:31 PM

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in cmd?

odd tapir Jun 15, 2025, 5:31 PM

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yes

tired blazeBOT Jun 15, 2025, 5:32 PM

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Click here to see this code in our pastebin.

odd tapir Jun 15, 2025, 5:32 PM

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uh

lilac magnet Jun 15, 2025, 5:32 PM

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you are my last hope 🙂

odd tapir Jun 15, 2025, 5:32 PM

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you just typed pip

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pip -V

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capital v

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okay okay okay

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do this

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go to the folder where your venv is

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go to scripts folder

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venv/scripts

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right click and hit "open in terminal"

lilac magnet Jun 15, 2025, 5:35 PM

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just right click on scripts folder and open in terminal?

odd tapir Jun 15, 2025, 5:35 PM

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inside of the folder

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go inside of scripts

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and right click anywhere inside of it

lilac magnet Jun 15, 2025, 5:35 PM

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okay did it

odd tapir Jun 15, 2025, 5:36 PM

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now run the file called activate.bat

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should just be able to type activate.bat and hit enter

lilac magnet Jun 15, 2025, 5:36 PM

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activate.bat : The term 'activate.bat' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable
program. Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try again.
At line:1 char:1

activate.bat

  + CategoryInfo          : ObjectNotFound: (activate.bat:String) [], CommandNotFoundException
  + FullyQualifiedErrorId : CommandNotFoundException

Suggestion [3,General]: The command activate.bat was not found, but does exist in the current location. Windows PowerShell does not load commands from the current location by default. If you trust this command, instead type: ".\activate.bat". See "get-help about_Command_Precedence" for more details.

odd tapir Jun 15, 2025, 5:36 PM

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oh do um

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.\activate.bat

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maybe

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or ".\activate.bat"

lilac magnet Jun 15, 2025, 5:37 PM

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.\activate.bat this worked

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it

odd tapir Jun 15, 2025, 5:37 PM

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okay now

lilac magnet Jun 15, 2025, 5:37 PM

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put PS before

odd tapir Jun 15, 2025, 5:37 PM

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fine

lilac magnet Jun 15, 2025, 5:37 PM

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what now

odd tapir Jun 15, 2025, 5:37 PM

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lets just try and run the code

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from terminal

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type cd ..

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and cd .. again

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then py your_app_name.py

lilac magnet Jun 15, 2025, 5:38 PM

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i wrote cd (my file) now i can simply try run .py

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?

odd tapir Jun 15, 2025, 5:39 PM

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send screenshot

odd tapir Jun 15, 2025, 5:39 PM

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odd tapir type `cd ..`

oh i meant literally type ..

lilac magnet Jun 15, 2025, 5:39 PM

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aw shit

odd tapir Jun 15, 2025, 5:39 PM

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oh okay that works too

lilac magnet Jun 15, 2025, 5:39 PM

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okay

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oh okay

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perfectly

odd tapir Jun 15, 2025, 5:39 PM

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no thats fine

odd tapir Jun 15, 2025, 5:39 PM

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odd tapir then `py your_app_name.py`

now this

lilac magnet Jun 15, 2025, 5:40 PM

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CRITICAL ERROR: PySide6 library not found. Please install it (e.g., pip install PySide6).

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always something

odd tapir Jun 15, 2025, 5:40 PM

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actually go back to the scripts folder

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cd venv/Scripts

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& '.\activate' and type this

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it should come up with (venv) on the very left

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i think the bat doesn't work for this. Theres a few activate scripts in there. I think you just have to use the normal one

lilac magnet Jun 15, 2025, 5:41 PM

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ughh can't get venv

odd tapir Jun 15, 2025, 5:42 PM

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hm?

lilac magnet Jun 15, 2025, 5:42 PM

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i went to script file open in terminal

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copied cd venv/Scripts

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and i get erros

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errors

odd tapir Jun 15, 2025, 5:42 PM

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what error

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you don't need to cd into scripts because you're already in that folder

lilac magnet Jun 15, 2025, 5:43 PM

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okay btu when i put . activeate

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.\activate.bat

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okay this work

odd tapir Jun 15, 2025, 5:43 PM

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no

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type this exactly
& '.\activate'

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Activate.ps1 cannot be loaded because running scripts is disabled on this system

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okay one more command

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just 1 sec

lilac magnet Jun 15, 2025, 5:44 PM

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no worries take your time

odd tapir Jun 15, 2025, 5:44 PM

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you need to open another terminal window

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but you need to do it as administrator

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see in bottom right run as admin

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then enter Set-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned

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then you need to close both terminal windows. And go back to the scripts folder and try that again

lilac magnet Jun 15, 2025, 5:46 PM

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doesnt need to be in any file to put Set-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned ?

odd tapir Jun 15, 2025, 5:46 PM

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anywhere

lilac magnet Jun 15, 2025, 5:46 PM

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'Set-ExecutionPolicy' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

odd tapir Jun 15, 2025, 5:46 PM

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oh sorry it needs to be powershell not cmd

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run as admin

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Y

lilac magnet Jun 15, 2025, 5:48 PM

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okay i did it

odd tapir Jun 15, 2025, 5:49 PM

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odd tapir then you need to close both terminal windows. And go back to the scripts folder ...

^

lilac magnet Jun 15, 2025, 5:49 PM

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it workedd

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i'm in venv

odd tapir Jun 15, 2025, 5:49 PM

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okay now go back and try to run the py file

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from terminal

lilac magnet Jun 15, 2025, 5:50 PM

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i can close cmd in scripts file?

odd tapir Jun 15, 2025, 5:50 PM

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well

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you have to do cd <your project folder>

lilac magnet Jun 15, 2025, 5:50 PM

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oh okay my bad

lilac magnet Jun 15, 2025, 5:51 PM

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odd tapir then `py your_app_name.py`

so basically i can just do this?

odd tapir Jun 15, 2025, 5:51 PM

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yes

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but you have to make sure you're in the correct folder

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you can't do that command from scripts folder

lilac magnet Jun 15, 2025, 5:51 PM

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okay got it so basically where my code is

odd tapir Jun 15, 2025, 5:52 PM

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yes

lilac magnet Jun 15, 2025, 5:52 PM

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CRITICAL ERROR: 'instagrapi' library not found. The core functionality will not work.
Please install it: pip install instagrapi

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still

odd tapir Jun 15, 2025, 5:52 PM

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hm

lilac magnet Jun 15, 2025, 5:53 PM

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simply dont get it really...

odd tapir Jun 15, 2025, 5:53 PM

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actually try pip install it now that venv is activated

lilac magnet Jun 15, 2025, 5:53 PM

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pip instal insta...?

odd tapir Jun 15, 2025, 5:53 PM

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ye

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do you still have that green venv text on the left?

lilac magnet Jun 15, 2025, 5:54 PM

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yes

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and i installed

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should i run it again?

odd tapir Jun 15, 2025, 5:54 PM

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yes

lilac magnet Jun 15, 2025, 5:54 PM

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CRITICAL ERROR: 'instagrapi' library not found. The core functionality will not work.
Please install it: pip install instagrapi

odd tapir Jun 15, 2025, 5:55 PM

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how are you running it?

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from terminal right?

lilac magnet Jun 15, 2025, 5:55 PM

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yes on windows powershell

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in scripts then cd my file

odd tapir Jun 15, 2025, 5:55 PM

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and the venv is activated?

lilac magnet Jun 15, 2025, 5:55 PM

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where is saved

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yes venv is green

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wait let me send a sc

odd tapir Jun 15, 2025, 5:58 PM

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okay

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lets do something

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go back to scripts folder

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i think it should be python.exe

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and then you have to add the path to your py file

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so for example

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.\python.exe ..\..\my_file.py

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type the .. literally

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.. just means "go back a folder"

lilac magnet Jun 15, 2025, 6:00 PM

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still need to be in venv?

odd tapir Jun 15, 2025, 6:00 PM

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it doesnt matter

lilac magnet Jun 15, 2025, 6:01 PM

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CRITICAL ERROR: 'instagrapi' library not found. The core functionality will not work.
Please install it: pip install instagrapi

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.\python.exe ....\main_gui.py

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this what i put it

odd tapir Jun 15, 2025, 6:01 PM

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can you send screenshot of the terminal

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.... isn't a thing. Only .. which means "go back 1 folder"

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okay i'm confused and out of ideas

lilac magnet Jun 15, 2025, 6:03 PM

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same

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been working on these whole weekend

odd tapir Jun 15, 2025, 6:03 PM

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instagram botting is against the rules by the way ,,,

lilac magnet Jun 15, 2025, 6:03 PM

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and 0 idea of what should i do

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i know

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but it's not for botting

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it's my project work for school

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@odd tapir any ideas?

lilac magnet Jun 15, 2025, 7:08 PM

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can anyone help me pls???

grim aspen Jun 15, 2025, 7:17 PM

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odd tapir instagram botting is against the rules by the way ,,,

Well...

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Read basically the whole convo to this...

lilac magnet Jun 15, 2025, 8:03 PM

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grim aspen Read basically the whole convo to this...

it's just a school project the program doesnt even work

tired blazeBOT Jun 15, 2025, 9:03 PM

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