{"id":670,"date":"2020-10-19T04:06:07","date_gmt":"2020-10-19T04:06:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pythontutorial.net\/?page_id=670"},"modified":"2025-03-30T09:42:55","modified_gmt":"2025-03-30T09:42:55","slug":"install-pipenv-windows","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.pythontutorial.net\/python-basics\/install-pipenv-windows\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Install pipenv on Windows"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Summary<\/strong>: in this tutorial, you’ll learn how to install the pipenv<\/code> packaging tool on Windows and how to configure a project with a new virtual environment using the Python pipenv<\/code> tool.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prerequisites #<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Before installing the pipenv<\/code> tool, you need to have Python and pip<\/code> installed on your computer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

First, open the Command Prompt or Windows Powershell and type the following command.<\/p>\n\n\n

python -V<\/code><\/span><\/pre>\n\n\n
Note that the letter V<\/code> in the -V<\/code> is uppercase. If you see the Python version like the following:<\/p>\n\n\n
Python<\/span> 3.13<\/span>.2<\/span><\/code><\/span>Code language:<\/span> CSS<\/span> (<\/span>css<\/span>)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n
Second, use the following command to check if you have the pip<\/code> tool on your computer:<\/p>\n\n\n
pip -V<\/code><\/span><\/pre>\n\n\n
It’ll return something like this:<\/p>\n\n\n
pip<\/span> 25.0<\/span>.1<\/span> from<\/span> C<\/span>:\\python<\/span>\\Lib<\/span>\\site-packages<\/span>\\pip<\/span> (python<\/span> 3.13<\/span>)<\/code><\/span>Code language:<\/span> CSS<\/span> (<\/span>css<\/span>)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n
Install pipenv on Windows #<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
First, use the following command to install pipenv<\/code> tool:<\/p>\n\n\n
pip install pipenv<\/code><\/span><\/pre>\n\n\n
Second, type the following command to check if the pipenv<\/code> installed correctly:<\/p>\n\n\n
pipenv -h<\/code><\/span><\/pre>\n\n\n
If it shows the following output, then you’ve successfully installed the pipenv<\/code> tool successfully.<\/p>\n\n\n
Usage<\/span>: pipenv<\/span> [OPTIONS]<\/span> COMMAND<\/span> [ARGS]<\/span>...\n...<\/code><\/span>Code language:<\/span> CSS<\/span> (<\/span>css<\/span>)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n
Creating a new project #<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
First, create a new project folder e.g., crawler<\/code>:<\/p>\n\n\n
mkdir crawler\ncd crawler<\/code><\/span><\/pre>\n\n\n
Second, navigate to the crawler<\/code> folder and install the requests<\/code> package using the pipenv<\/code> command:<\/p>\n\n\n
pipenv install requests<\/code><\/span><\/pre>\n\n\n
You’ll see that pipenv<\/code> created two new files called Pipfile<\/code> and Pipfile.lock<\/code>. On top of that, it installed a virtual environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If you look at the project folder, you won’t see the virtual environment folder. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
To find the location of the virtual environment, you use the following command:<\/p>\n\n\n
pipenv --venv<\/code><\/span><\/pre>\n\n\n
It’ll return something like this on Windows:<\/p>\n\n\n
C:\\Users\\<username<\/span>><\/span>\\.virtualenvs\\crawler-3xu8GCrV<\/code><\/span>Code language:<\/span> HTML, XML<\/span> (<\/span>xml<\/span>)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n
Note that the <username><\/code> is the username that you use to log in to Windows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Third, activate the new virtual environment using the following command:<\/p>\n\n\n
pipenv shell<\/code><\/span><\/pre>\n\n\n
The prompt will change to something like:<\/p>\n\n\n
(crawler-3xu8GCrV) D:\\python_projects\\crawler><\/code><\/span><\/pre>\n\n\n
Third, create a new file called app.py<\/code> in the project folder and add the following code to the file:<\/p>\n\n\n
import<\/span> requests\n\nresponse = requests.get('https:\/\/www.python.org\/'<\/span>)\nprint(response.status_code)<\/code><\/span>Code language:<\/span> JavaScript<\/span> (<\/span>javascript<\/span>)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n
In this code, we imported the requests<\/code> third-party module, use the get()<\/code> function to make an HTTP request to the URL https:\/\/www.python.org\/<\/code> and display the status code (200<\/code>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Fourth, run the app.py<\/code> file from the terminal by using the python command:<\/p>\n\n\n
python<\/span> app<\/span>.py<\/span><\/code><\/span>Code language:<\/span> CSS<\/span> (<\/span>css<\/span>)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n
It’ll show the following the returned HTTP status code:<\/p>\n\n\n
200<\/code><\/span><\/pre>\n\n\n
The status code 200 means the HTTP request has succeeded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Fifth, close the virtual environment using the exit<\/code> command:<\/p>\n\n\n
exit<\/span><\/code><\/span>Code language:<\/span> PHP<\/span> (<\/span>php<\/span>)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n
Quiz #<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
…then you already have Python installed on your computer. Otherwise, you need to install Python<\/a> first.<\/p>\n\n\n\n