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Venv pandoc issue (lemmy.nz)
submitted 6 days ago by absGeekNZ@lemmy.nz to c/python@programming.dev
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I can't get my program to use pandoc from inside a venv.

I can use pandoc from the system context.

From inside the venv

which pandoc
/usr/bin/pandoc

I've installed pandoc inside the venv with pip, and confirmed the files are in the venv.

What am I missing?

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[-] nate3d@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

Did you activate your virtual python env with ‘source .venv/bin/activate’? You must do that in each new shell unless you add some config to your shell profile config to have it detect the presence of a python venv.

[-] absGeekNZ@lemmy.nz 2 points 6 days ago

Yep.

Prompt changes to (venv) foo@bar.

I can run other libraries

[-] nate3d@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago

Okay perfect, just wanted to check.

Next I’d say check your venv to verify the pandoc binary is indeed there:

find $VIRTUAL_ENV -name pandoc

If it’s not there, you should be able to install it by entering a python shell from your venv and do:

import pypandoc
pypandoc.download_pandoc()

Hopefully that’s able to resolve it for ya. Venv should be at the front of your path so it should prefer bins from there.

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