zsh: /usr/local/bin/pipenv: bad interpreter: /usr/local/opt/python/bin/python3.7: no such file or directory

Question

I recently switched from bash to zsh (MacOS). I haven't used pipenv since the switch. Now when I run any pipenv command I get the following error:

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$ pipenv install
zsh: /usr/local/bin/pipenv: bad interpreter: /usr/local/opt/python/bin/python3.7: no such file or directory

I use pyenv for Python dependency management:

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$ which python
/Users/ryan.payne/.pyenv/shims/python

My default python version is 3.7.3:

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$ pyenv versions
  system
  2.7.16
  3.6.8
* 3.7.3 (set by /Users/ryan.payne/.pyenv/version)

It seems like pipenv is not using my pyenv version of Python. How do I get pipenv working again?

Answer 1

I had this same error with awscli. The solution was to install python@3.7 via homebrew and then cp that installation into the directory awscli expected.

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brew install python@3.7
cp -r /usr/local/opt/python@3.7/bin/python3.7 /usr/local/opt/python/bin/python3.7

Answer 2

You don't need to uninstall anything. Simply change the interpreter at /usr/local/bin and have your current python path in pyenv handy:

type python3

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vi /usr/local/bin/pipenv

It will look something like this:

Once it's changed, you will probably have to download pipenv again. Don't worry, your env is fine.

pip install pipenv

Go play in your env