Scoop: Error when attempting to use Scoop installed Python & PIP

[brianjking]

Fatal error in launcher: Unable to create process using '"'

[lukesampson]

• Did you have Python already installed when you installed using scoop?
• Did you see any errors during the install?
• Are you using the vanilla Windows command shell, or something like cmder or console2?

[brianjking]

• Conemu, but the same error appears in Windows Command Shell (cmd.exe).
• Yes, I did have Python already installed. I've since uninstalled since it seems that Scoop should work much better than Chocolatey.
• I don't recall seeing any errors during install, however, this was a few days ago when I first encountered this.

[lukesampson]

The python install is one of the few scoop packages that uses an .exe installer behind the scenes, because I don't think there is any simple/portable distribution we can use. So while scoop installs are usually self-contained, this is one case where it's not necessarily.

Uninstalling Python from the system could have affected things that the scoop install depends on. You might have to make sure it's uninstalled for the system (e.g. through the Windows Control Panel) and scoop uninstall python, and then try scoop install python again.

Also, are you running anything special to get this error? I've only really used it running e.g. python3 myscript.py.

[erikvullings]

On Windows 10, I first removed all previously installed versions of python from my system. Next, I ran scoop install python successfully. I needed to close my command console, but after reopening, I could use pip too e.g. pip install markdown. So from my end, this seems to be working well.

[rrelmy]

Me too