I've been told that to activate a Virtual Environment in Django for Windows I should try:
environment_path\Scripts\activate
But when I enter that, cmd returns this error:
The system cannot find the path specified.
I created the virtual environment by entering:
python3 -m venv env
However when I try env\Scripts\activate I get the error described.
Can anyone help? Thanks.
Activating a virtual environment on Windows depends on where you are running it from. From the Windows Command Prompt, the command is:
environment_path\Scripts\activate.batIf the Git-Bash shell is being used, which adds several useful tools and a more Unix/Linux-like environment, then the command is:
source environment_path\Scripts\activateI have found the prerequisites section of Test-Driven Development with Python aka "the Testing Goat book" to be handy in getting Django, Python and related things setup on Windows.
environment_path\Scripts\activate.bat instead.I would recommend getting the Git for Windows binary and following the instructions under the 'Windows Notes' in the Prerequisites section in the TDD book to install the Git-Bash shell which is much nicer than the standard Windows command promptenvironment_path\Scripts\activate.bat does not work either..bat not work ? I have both Python3.6 and Python3.7 installed and neither provide a python3 executable. If I run C:\Python37\python.exe -m venv test_venv, then test_venv\Scripts\activate.bat works fine. Maybe you have an odd version of python and can try reinstalling from www.python.org/downloads ? Or try creating a fresh venv ?env\Scripts\activate.bat and I get the same error, "The system cannot find the path specified." I ran python3 -m venv env to create the virtual environment in the first place... am I perhaps entering something wrong there which means it's not creating the virtual environment? Thanks for your patience.You can create virtual environment in windows as: py -m venv myenv (Here myenv is the name that users give. It can be anything you want)
Now to activate your myenv virtual environment type:myenv\scripts\activate
To deactivate virtual environment simply type: deactivate
If you are using windows 7, then try environment_path\Scripts\activate.ps1
Also, error is saying, The system cannot find the path specified., make sure your path is correct.
Remember scripts folder is in your virtualenv folder.
