The term 'pipx' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet

Question

I have followed the instructions to install Brownie on Visual studio code of their website.

python3 -m pip install --user pipx

python3 -m pipx ensurepath

The 2 lines above poses no problem. I restarted the terminal to input line:

pipx install eth-brownie

pipx : The term 'pipx' 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.

Was wondering what went wrong. Any form of assistance is greatly appreciated.

Haemolysin

Seems like you don't have the python binary Folder in your path variable. – Coronado

Answer 1

Check your environment variables. python3 -m pipx ensurepath adds the directories to PATH, but they are added in all lowercase for some reason. Fix the directory paths to match the case.

Clubhouse

python -m pipx ensurepath adds the path string to PATH in lowercase. That is the issue – Anatto

Answer 2

I checked my PATH after running python3 -m pipx ensurepath and, despite the error message, noticed the paths had not actually been added. adding them manually, followed by closing and reopening vscode, seemed to solve it for me. hope this helps anyone...

Neu

WOW it is so good! – Selvage

Answer 3

I run py -m pipx install eth-brownie or python3 -m pipx install eth-brownie`

Strained

Answer 4

Use can use pip instead :

pip install eth-brownie

then:

git clone https://github.com/eth-brownie/brownie.git cd brownie python3 setup.py install

u r done !!

Guidepost

Answer 5

If you have C++ build tools installed via Build Tools for Visual Studio (Visual CPP build tools), you may have to run this command:
pip install --upgrade setuptools
and then repeat the installation process and restart your computer. This worked for me.

Gregor

Answer 6

closing and re-opening the terminal gave me the same error. I completely closed my VScode and opened it, and then it worked.

Matriculate