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[sick harness]

what do I do (Yes I did what it said)

[terse barn]

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[gentle wing]

You should make a venv and install in that.

!venv

[terse barn]

Virtual environments

Virtual environments are isolated Python environments, which make it easier to keep your system clean and manage dependencies. By default, when activated, only libraries and scripts installed in the virtual environment are accessible, preventing cross-project dependency conflicts, and allowing easy isolation of requirements.

To create a new virtual environment, you can use the standard library venv module: python3 -m venv .venv (replace python3 with python or py on Windows)

Then, to activate the new virtual environment:

Windows (PowerShell): .venv\Scripts\Activate.ps1
or (Command Prompt): .venv\Scripts\activate.bat
MacOS / Linux (Bash): source .venv/bin/activate

Packages can then be installed to the virtual environment using pip, as normal.

For more information, take a read of the documentation. If you run code through your editor, check its documentation on how to make it use your virtual environment. For example, see the VSCode or PyCharm docs.

Tools such as poetry and pipenv can manage the creation of virtual environments as well as project dependencies, making packaging and installing your project easier.

Note: When using PowerShell in Windows, you may need to change the execution policy first. This is only required once per user:

Set-ExecutionPolicy -ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned -Scope CurrentUser

[spring burrow]

this worked for me

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZbeL5AcTgw

if you are using bash ofc

[main oriole]

also, kali isn't a good general usage linux distro, so if your code isn't for related to cybersecurity you might want to look at a more suitable distro

[sick harness]

its for a course

[main oriole]

a security related course that tells you to use kali?

[sick harness]

API Penetration Testing by APIsec

[sick harness]

in a vm

[sick harness]

yeah? its not new for me lol

[main oriole]

yeah, that sounds like a cybersecurity related course 👍

[sick harness]

they need me to install jwt_tool

and the In-dependencies

[main oriole]

have you followed the suggestions above about using a venv?

[sick harness]

omg

it work

worked*

thank you so much, God bless you!

wait

does it work outside the venv?

@main oriole

[main oriole]

it can work outside a venv too
but it can also get messy that way

are you using the root account or sudo? (hint: you shouldn't be doing so)

[sick harness]

with venv

without

[main oriole]

this is because when you activate a venv it sets up some environment variables that python will use to find the modules local to that venv diir, which you won't have when it's not activated
you can however execute the python binary inside the venv to get the same effect without activating the venv

you can do this either by using the full path for that python interpreter binary and then the script that you want to run, but i don't think that is what you will prefer, an easier way is to change the shebang line at the top of your script to use the full/absolute path to that python interpreter binary that is located inside the venv

[sick harness]

is there a way to be in the same venv again?

?

[main oriole]

you can enter the same venv whenever you want by activating it again

this article goes into lengths about venvs and will probably answer all your questions about them and more https://realpython.com/python-virtual-environments-a-primer/

that article is also good since it uses all the current best practice (even for the different platforms), at least as far as i have seen

[gentle wing]

Again? Run the activate script again.
It's per terminal window/shell.

It does 2 things:

• hacks your $PATH to find the venv python when you invoke python
• hacks your prompt to remind you that you ran the activate script

[terse barn]

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