pip installs packages successfully, but executables not found from command line

Question

I am working on mac OS X Yosemite, version 10.10.3.

I installed python2.7 and pip using macport as done in http://johnlaudun.org/20150512-installing-and-setting-pip

Answer 1

I stumbled upon this question because I created, successfully built and published a PyPI Package, but couldn't execute it after installation. The $PATHvariable was correctly set.

In my case the problem was that I hadn't set the entry_pointin the setup.py file:

entry_points = {'console_scripts':

['YOUR_CONSOLE_COMMAND=MODULE_NAME.FILE_NAME:FUNCTION_NAME'],},

Answer 2

On Windows, you need to add the path %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Roaming\Python\Scripts to your path.

Answer 3

When you install Python or Python3 using MacOS installer (downloaded from Python website) - it adds an exporter to your ~/.profile script. All you need to do is just source it. Restarting all the terminals should also do the trick.

WARNING - I believe it's better to just use pip3 with Python3 - for future benefits.

If you already have Python3 installed, the following steps work for me on macOS Mojave:

1. Install ansible first using sudo - sudo -H pip3 install ansible

2. you create a symlink to the Python's bin path

sudo ln -s /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/Current/bin /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/current_python_bin

and staple it to .profile

export PATH=$PATH:/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/current_python_bin

3. run source ~/.profile and restart all terminal shells.

4. Type ansible --version