Error importing virtualenvwrapper to the Powershell

Question

I have python 2.7 installed perfectly, and also pip, and I have been running the PowerShell as admin.

I did:

pip install virtualenv

and

pip install virtualenvwrapper-powershell

and they both were succesfull.

I also did this:

mkdir '~.virtualenvs'

However, whenever I try to:

Import-Module virtualenvwrapper

it always gets me this error: Import-Module: The specific module 'virtualenvwrapper' was not loaded because no valid module file was found in any module directory.

I did pip install virtualenvwrapper-powershell again just to make sure, and I got this: Requirement already satisfied (use --upgrade to upgrade): virtualenvwrapper-powershell in c:\python27\lib\site-packages

What could be wrong ?

Answer 1

I met the same problem when I tried to do the exact same thing as what you did. Finally I figured it out. I found that the virtualenvwrapper I installed is somehow not in the current folder (C:). Instead, it is hidden in the folder:

C:\Python27\Lib\site-packages\Users\*myusername*\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\VirtualEnvWrapper

I recommend you go to your Python folder and try to search something like

"\Lib\site-packages\Users\*myusername*\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\"

and if you can find the module VirtualEnvWrapper there, then when you type the command, you just need to include the complete path.

I hope it will help.