Pycharm : locating pipenv executable

Question

I am trying to use pipenv in PyCharm with Python 3.8 but cannot locate the pipenv executable.

Current situation :

I have installed Python 3.8.2 on a Debian platform (actually LMDE 3), where Python 2.7 and 3.5 were already installed globally (in /usr/bin). I want to use Python 3.8 for development and leave th other two untouched. Python 3.8 is hence now installed in /usr/local/bin. I have used the which command to locate the binaries and confirm the aforementioned locations.

I have installed pip and pipenv in Python 3.8 and left untouched Python 2.7 and 3.5. The python command still refers to Python 2.7 and python3 to Python 3.5. The command python3.8 refers to Python 3.8.2.

Similarly :

• which pip points to nowhere (pip not installed by default with Python 2.7).
• which pip3 points to /usr/bin/pip3
• which pip3.8 points to /usr/bin/pip3.8

Pipenv is installed for Python 3.5 and 3.8.2 as it is my development environment. I located the python module in /home/user_name/.local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pipenv/pyenv.py (similar path for Python 3.5)

The command pipenv does not work as such. What works is python3.8 -m pipenv <something> or python3.5 -m pipenv <something>.

However, running the same 'which' command for pipenv (or pipenv3, pipenv3.5, pipenv3.8) returns nothing.

I have also found pip files (binaries ?) in /home/user_name/.local/bin/ : pip, pip3, pip3.5, pip3.8, pipenv, pipenv-resolver . I have no idea what these are for.

Can anybody explain me what is this mess and how I configure PyCharm correctly ?

Answer 1

[image showing pipenv path in pycharm][1]/Users/user_name/Library/Python/3.11/bin/pipenv

I found the corresponding pipenv executable on above path [1]: https://i.sstatic.net/nRzUN.png

Answer 2

This does not answer the OP, but for those using Windows 10 who end up here based on the question title:

For a per-user installation of python 3.9, I found the executable here:

C:\Users\<your username>\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python39\Scripts\pipenv.exe

Answer 3

After verifying that path was correct by using type pipenv. I was able to get it to work by clicking the file path selector in the pycharm configuration setup and selecting the path that was already selected /home/user_name/.local/bin/pipenv. After manually selecting the already selected file location, the message went away.