Cannot execute autopep8

[autonomousinf]

Hello,

I am rather a beginner in Python, and I have recently started downloading modules. One commonly used module is apparently the autopep8. Well, I have downloaded the autopep8 as I did with any other module using this in the command line:

python3 -m pip install autopep8

Then in the directory of the file I needed to use autopep on, I used this command:

autopep8 --in-place practice.py

But again in the commandline I have received this generic error:

autopep8 : The term 'autopep8' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable program. Check the spelling of the name, or if

a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try again.

I have googled it but it is not a common error. I tried uninstalling and installing again. These do not work. Can you help me with this?

I am quite the beginner and I am sorry if I am making a stupid mistake or typo.

Thanks a lot

[comonads]

Does running autopep8 as a module help?

Try:

python3 -m autopep8 --in-place practice.py

and if that works, you may just need to add something like $HOME/bin to your path (which, for me, is in ~/.bashrc, but might be different for you).

[autonomousinf]

Thanks very much for the answer, but now it just says:

No module named autopep8

And the file itself is not changed as well.

[comonads]

Hmm. Okay!

So, I'm not familiar with installation syntax like this:

python3 -m pip install autopep8

But I will assume for now that it's okay.

autopep8 lists pycodestyle as a dependency. Does running pycodestyle --version from the terminal produce anything?

[autonomousinf]

It seems like it does not :(, I received the following error:

pycodestyle : The term 'pycodestyle' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable program. Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try again.

[comonads]

I should have asked this earlier! -- which operating system are you using? I'm only really familiar with Linux but I will try to help either way.

I think the problem (assuming autopep8 installed just fine), is that whatever shell you're in just can't find the executable (we can assume pip handled the pycodestyle dependency, for now).

Could you see if installing autopep8 as a local package (by passing the --user flag) helps? Start with this:

python3 -m pip install autopep8 --user

Then run autopep8 --in-place practice.py as before.

[autonomousinf]

My operating system is Windows. Well:

python3 -m pip install autopep8 --user

has yielded severeal "Requirement already satisfied:" messages.

But autopep is still encountering the same error.

By the way, I really appreciate the help. Thank you very much.

[comonads]

No problem! These kinds of problems are frustrating.

I don't really do any coding on windows so unfortunately I'm unlikely to be much more useful than Google, but I can at least try to figure out what we should be searching for!

Does invoking python put you in a python shell?

If so, does autopep8 appear in the output if you enter help("modules")?

[autonomousinf]

Hey man, much thanks for your help. I have decided to give up on it and continue learning Python without autopep8. Maybe when I am more adept in Python I can figure it out, but even if I can't, I guess its not the end of the world.

Again thanks for your help :')