I’ve been trying to code python on my deck and I can’t for the life of me figure out how to activate the virtual environment. I keep using “source .venv/bin/activate” and it does nothing. No errors, no feedback, doesn’t hang, doesn’t use the environment, nothing.
I’ve tried installing Kitty to see if it was an issue with Konsole but the exact same thing happens. It works fine in Visual Studio Code but I do t want to have to open that every time I try and run a command.
Anyone know why this could be or what I could do to fix it?
Edit to add: This is my first real attempt at Linux idk what I’m doing in a very broad way. Only other time I tried was nearly 15 years ago dual booting Windows/Ubuntu but that lasted like a week because Windows kept blowing up the config and I needed some Windows only programs for school
Solved edit: I don’t exactly know what was up. If I made the venv with the terminal, it would work in the terminal but not work with VSCode’s terminal. If I made it in VSCode it would work in VSCode’s terminal but not the normal terminal. I uninstalled VSCode, made the venv in the Konsole terminal, and everything seems to work fine through PyCharm instead.
Okay so I wiped the .venv that VSCode made again and this time ran the venv creation using
python3 -m venv venv. It’s working with command line now but not within VSCode (running into the same issue that I had before but in reverse, so VSCode isn’t recognizing pip or other installed modules like markdown that I added in command line).This is starting to feel like maybe a difference in how VSCode handles the virtual environment vs the command line. When I create the venv in one it breaks the other
Edit: Yeah idk what VSCode is up to. I uninstalled, remade the venv with Konsole, and installed PyCharm instead. Commands through Konsole and the PyCharm terminal are all working as expected now.
Thank you for the help!
If it’s any consolation, this is why I don’t use VSCode at work. I got sick of trying to figure out what it was playing at with regards to virtual environments. PyCharm is my go-to.
You’re very welcome! I’ve had that issue with VSCode. I tend to create my venv outside of VSCode and force VSCode to use it. I’ve had issues Usually because VSCode is very particular about where the venv folder can be (it really wants it in the root of the current open folder).
All that said, everyone I know with a PyCharm licence likes it better than VSVcode anyway.
Have fun! Don’t hesitate to reach out if you get stuck.