'Can not activate a virtualenv in GIT bash mingw32 for Windows

When I try to activate my virtualenv from GIT bash mingw32 I do not get the expected response.

NOTE: py is the folder for Python projects in my Google Drive folder. hy is the virtualenv folder that was made when I ran virtualenv --distribute hy.

s3z@s3z ~/Google Drive/py/hy
$ Scripts/activate

So you see, there is no expected (hy) that appears before s3z@s3z ~/Google Drive/py/hy

s3z@s3z ~/Google Drive/py/hy
$ Scripts/activate.bat
Scripts/activate.bat: line 1: @echo: command not found
Scripts/activate.bat: line 4: syntax error near unexpected token `('
Scripts/activate.bat: line 4: `if not defined PROMPT ('

And when targeting the actual file name activate.bat I get error messages. Then I try deactivating to see what happens cause I thought maybe virtualenv was activated but hidden.

s3z@s3z ~/Google Drive/py/hy
$ Scripts/deactivate.bat
Scripts/deactivate.bat: line 1: @echo: command not found
Scripts/deactivate.bat: line 3: syntax error near unexpected token `('
Scripts/deactivate.bat: line 3: `if defined _OLD_VIRTUAL_PROMPT ('

s3z@s3z ~/Google Drive/py/hy
$ Scripts/deactivate
sh.exe": Scripts/deactivate: No such file or directory

Any ideas?

Solution 1:^[1]

On Windows10, you could go in the directory of your virtualenv where the Scripts folder is placed then enter the below command

source ./Scripts/activate

Note the .(dot) without this it was giving error to me when I use it like above mentioned then the solution provided by Pierre worked for me.

Solution 2:^[2]

How to activate then deactivate a venv with Git Bash

To access your python in Windows 10, you need to add the .exe when creating the virtual environment.

$ python.exe -m venv Scripts

Then you can move into the Scripts folder you created for the virtual environment.

$ cd Scripts/

Now you have to call on it to activate the virtual environment.

$ source ./Scripts/activate

When you are done you just deactivate the virtual environment.

$ deactivate

Screenshot how to activate/deactivate Git Bash venv

Solution 3:^[3]

I had the same error: in your bash run, this commend: source venv/Scripts/activate then check if it works using this commend: pip -V I hope that is useful.

Solution 4:^[4]

Just do . Scripts/activate in your virtual environment folder

Solution 5:^[5]

Danyal Abbasi@DESKTOP-7I43AM4 MINGW64 /e/Django-projects/studybudproject/studybud/Scripts
$ . activate
(studybud)
Danyal Abbasi@DESKTOP-7I43AM4 MINGW64 /e/Django-projects/studybudproject/studybud/Scripts
$ deactivate

Danyal Abbasi@DESKTOP-7I43AM4 MINGW64 /e/Django-projects/studybudproject/studybud/Scripts
$

Solution 6:^[6]

I recently had this problem and i found the solution for this. after you have done

$ cd Scripts

after this you should just simply type

$ source activate

and this will activate your venv

to deactivate just type

$ deactivate

and you venv is deactivated

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Solution 1	Aman Tandon
Solution 2
Solution 3	Ayoub Aarab
Solution 4	Kainix
Solution 5	Danyal Muneer
Solution 6	anil gurjar

'Can not activate a virtualenv in GIT bash mingw32 for Windows

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How to activate then deactivate a venv with Git Bash

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