virtualenv could not find python after successful install

[alvincrespo]

1. Please specify the following:

• OS: [e.g. OS X, Ubuntu, Windows, etc.]: OS X 12.6.1

• Shell (Bash, PowerShell, Zsh, etc.): Zsh

• I have reviewed the troubleshooting tips described here and they do not solve my problem

2. Description
After a successful install, I am receiving the following message:

➜  ~ git:(main) ✗ python ./aws-elastic-beanstalk-cli-setup/scripts/ebcli_installer.py

***********************************
1. Locating virtualenv installation
***********************************

....

***************
6. Finishing up
***************
Success!

EBCLI has been installed.

➜  ~ git:(main) ✗ eb --version
env: python: No such file or directory

This is my current environment:

➜  ~ git:(main) ✗ virtualenv --version
virtualenv 20.19.0 from /usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/virtualenv/__init__.py
➜  ~ git:(main) ✗ which python
python: aliased to python3
➜  ~ git:(main) ✗ which python3
/usr/local/bin/python3

I have python installed via homebrew. Not sure if that creates an issue with the install process?

[chis-dd]

Hey i just experienced this issue this fixed it for me.

I went and found where eb was installed.

whereis eb eb: /Users/chis-dd/.ebcli-virtual-env/executables/eb

Then i ran the file in visual studio code, trying to debug it. It worked but i noticed it was using a different python version from my default.
/opt/homebrew/bin/python3.11

So try running with all the different python3 versions you have.
Once one of them works add this to ./zshrc and restart your terminal.
export PATH="$HOMEBREW_PREFIX/opt/python@<version-which-worked>/libexec/bin:$PATH"

Run eb -v again and it should work.

[alvincrespo]

@chis-dd You rock! Thanks for the help here. This is what I did:

eb --version doesn't work

➜  ~ git:(main) ✗ eb --version
pyenv: python: command not found

The `python' command exists in these Python versions:
  3.9.11

Note: See 'pyenv help global' for tips on allowing both
      python2 and python3 to be found.

Review pyenv help global

➜  ~ git:(main) ✗ pyenv help global
Usage: pyenv global <version> <version2> <..>

Sets the global Python version(s). You can override the global version at
any time by setting a directory-specific version with `pyenv local'
or by setting the `PYENV_VERSION' environment variable.

<version> can be specified multiple times and should be a version
tag known to pyenv.  The special version string `system' will use
your default system Python.  Run `pyenv versions' for a list of
available Python versions.

Example: To enable the python2.7 and python3.7 shims to find their
         respective executables you could set both versions with:

'pyenv global 3.7.0 2.7.15'

Check current python version with python --version

🚧 This was the core issue. I had not set a python version fro my environment.

➜  ~ git:(main) ✗ python --version
pyenv: python: command not found

The `python' command exists in these Python versions:
  3.9.11

Note: See 'pyenv help global' for tips on allowing both
      python2 and python3 to be found.

Set the global python version with python global

➜  ~ git:(main) ✗ pyenv global 3.9.11

Verify eb works

➜  ~ git:(main) ✗ eb --version
EB CLI 3.20.3 (Python 3.11.)

[GabeK0]

Here's what worked for me on MacOS:

1. whereis eb eb: /Users/[your_username_here]/.ebcli-virtual-env/executables/eb to find the eb installation
2. open -a TextEdit /Users/[your_username_here]/.ebcli-virtual-env/executables/eb to open a text editor of the file
3. Replace line 1 from #!/usr/bin/env python to #!/usr/bin/env python3

Looks like it was trying to run python via the python command, but my set up requires the python3 command