Installing pip3/pipenv in WSL

pip3 is required to install pipenv. In our case, it’s used to run some stuff in the python environment like seeding the database.

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sudo apt update
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sudo apt upgrade
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sudo apt install python3 python3-pip ipython3

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Then to install pipenv and start it

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sudo pip3 install pipenv
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# start pipenv
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pipenv shell

Some errors I encountered when starting pipenv shell

Warning: Python 3.7 was not found on your system…

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# run this and rerurn the pipenv shell command
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pipenv --three --python=`which python3`