Python 3.6 . 'virtualenv' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file

Question

I am using advanced Python as well as Pycharm (Up to date as of 2017) when I am using pip/virtual env install.

I got this error:

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

Could advise a solution for this?

Thanks.

use `python3.6 -mvenv my-virtual-env` instead of `virtualenv my-virtual-env`. — Antti Haapala -- Слава Україні, Aug 08 '17 at 12:10
Thanks for your response. Can u elaborate clearly because I am new to this — Vamsi Chowdary, Aug 08 '17 at 17:42
Does this answer your question? ['virtualenv' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/35950740/virtualenv-is-not-recognized-as-an-internal-or-external-command-operable-prog) — AMC, Jan 23 '20 at 21:48

score 4 · Answer 1 · edited Feb 26 '18 at 13:04

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You need to install virtualenv using pip (pip installs packages)

Open command prompt and type:

pip install virtualenv.

Good luck.

edited Feb 26 '18 at 13:04

Vivek Molkar

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answered Feb 26 '18 at 11:44

Laurence Maskell

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It is installed as a sub package while installing `virtualenvwrapper`. So why install separately. – Apurva Kunkulol Aug 16 '18 at 10:34

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 19 '19 at 10:08

I had a similar problem using Python 3.7.3 on Windows 10 - 64 Bit and in my case it turned out that I had installed the incorrect version of the virtualenvwrapper. I had used the command

pip install virtualenvwrapper

which installed successfully but If you're on Windows you need to make sure you run this command

pip install virtualenvwrapper-win

with the "-win" at the end.

I had to reinstall it and after that my command mkvirtualenv project_name worked fine.

Hope this is useful to someone else out there.

I had already installed virtualenvwrapper-win but doing it again fixed it. Thanks! — ProsperousHeart, May 27 '19 at 18:35

score 3 · Answer 3 · answered May 15 '19 at 12:51

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This worked for me. I am also using Python 3.7.3 and used pip install virtualenv first. With this I did not have mkvirtualenv or workon in the Python Scripts folder. Once I ran the pip install virtualwrapper-win both bat files were added to my 3.7.3 scripts folder.

answered May 15 '19 at 12:51

Peter Koller

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That works when done right. My bat files ended up in local working directory the first time I tried it :-( – DLyons Jul 19 '20 at 17:51

score 3 · Answer 4 · edited Aug 25 '20 at 23:36

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Commands:-

md MLTestProject
cd MLTestProject
python -m pip install --upgrade pip
python -m pip install virtualenvwrapper-win
python -m virtualenv testenv

edited Aug 25 '20 at 23:36

Curious Watcher

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answered Aug 09 '20 at 07:55

Akhilesh yadav

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Where did Django come into the question? – David Buck Aug 09 '20 at 08:30
This is great answer. Command virtualenv did not work for me directly. I had to use `python -m` – Utsav Chokshi Feb 15 '21 at 04:11

score 1 · Answer 5 · answered Dec 21 '22 at 04:58

This can also happen if virtualenv scripts are not copied to Python installation directory properly when installing virtualenv on Windows

Run CMD as administrator and then enter

pip uninstall virtualenv

then re-run CMD as administrator and run

pip install virtualenv

score 0 · Answer 6 · edited Aug 02 '20 at 01:20

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The following worked well for me:

pip install virtualenv
pip install virtualwrapper-win
mkvirtualenv project_name

edited Aug 02 '20 at 01:20

Simas Joneliunas

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answered Aug 01 '20 at 20:22

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score 0 · Answer 7 · answered May 11 '22 at 11:46

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Python 3.6 . 'virtualenv' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file

create a virtual environment and activate

pip install virtualenv

virtualenv name_of_project

or

py -3 -m venv name_of_project

answered May 11 '22 at 11:46

Vivek p.s

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Python 3.6 . 'virtualenv' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file

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