🔒 Need help installing pyinstaller

[keen lotus]

Whenever i install pyinstaller it says its installed but when i use it i cant use it for some reason as it says there is no module named pyinstaller

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@keen lotus

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[keen lotus]

pyinstaller : The term 'pyinstaller' 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

• pyinstaller main.py

•   + CategoryInfo          : ObjectNotFound: (pyinstaller:String) [], CommandNotFoundException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : CommandNotFoundException

[turbid lodge]

There’s a simple auto py to exe installer (pyinstaller gui version). Maybe you can try it?

[turbid lodge]

Also are you using shell terminal? Maybe that is the reason why you can’t access pyinstaller

[keen lotus]

Ty ill try that

[keen lotus]

im using command prompt and the vs code terminal

both arent working

[tranquil osprey]

How did you install the package and how are you running the script?

[keen lotus]

py -m pip install pyinstaller

running the script in terminal

[tranquil osprey]

Did you activate the venv before doing the pip install?

[keen lotus]

venv?

[tranquil osprey]

(And before running the script)

[keen lotus]

(newish to python)

[tranquil osprey]

Creating the venv: https://docs.python.org/3/library/venv.html#creating-virtual-environments
python -m venv /path/to/new/virtual/environment
Usually this will be, for Windows:
py -m venv .\.venv

Then to activate it:

• Windows: .venv\Scripts\activate

You'll see that the venv is activated by the text in front of your line, like e.g. here:

[keen lotus]

i run this in cmd right

[tranquil osprey]

I'm on Linux so activation looks a bit different here

[tranquil osprey]

Yeah. Make you're you've cd'd to the project folder

[keen lotus]

kk

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