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Error while executing "python setup.py" in CLI : FileNotFoundError: [WinError 2] The system cannot find the file specified

See original GitHub issue

When did the bug happened :

When I run the command “python setup.py” in the command prompt, I got this traceback :

Installing Pytorch (this may take a few minutes):
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\undisclosed\anaconda3\envs\dream-factory\dream-factory\setup.py", line 152, in <module>
    install_pytorch(verbose)
  File "C:\Users\undisclosed\anaconda3\envs\dream-factory\dream-factory\setup.py", line 55, in install_pytorch
    exec(cmd, verbose)
  File "C:\Users\undisclosed\anaconda3\envs\dream-factory\dream-factory\setup.py", line 27, in exec
    subprocess.run(command.split(' '), stdout=subprocess.DEVNULL)
  File "C:\Users\undisclosed\anaconda3\envs\dream-factory\lib\subprocess.py", line 505, in run
    with Popen(*popenargs, **kwargs) as process:
  File "C:\Users\undisclosed\anaconda3\envs\dream-factory\lib\subprocess.py", line 951, in __init__
    self._execute_child(args, executable, preexec_fn, close_fds,
  File "C:\Users\undisclosed\anaconda3\envs\dream-factory\lib\subprocess.py", line 1420, in _execute_child
    hp, ht, pid, tid = _winapi.CreateProcess(executable, args,
FileNotFoundError: [WinError 2] The system cannot find the file specified

What OS was affected :

Windows 10 Pro (64-bit) version 21H2

The solution :

I changed those lines in “setup.py” :

- Line 25        subprocess.run(command.split(' '))
+ Line 25        subprocess.run(command.split(' '), shell=True)

- Line 27        subprocess.run(command.split(' '), stdout=subprocess.DEVNULL)
+ Line 27        subprocess.run(command.split(' '), stdout=subprocess.DEVNULL, shell=True)

Where did I find the solution :

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/42572582/winerror-2-the-system-cannot-find-the-file-specified-python#answer-44230826

Final Note :

When the solution was applied, the rest of the setup went well and the program work very well !
I already made 30 new AI-art images. Thank you very much ! 😁😎🤩

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Created a year ago
Comments:8 (4 by maintainers)

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rbbrdckybkcommented, Oct 5, 2022

Wow, that’s for the very detailed write-up!

I can’t reproduce this on my end, but I can add a command-line switch to enable shell=True. I’ll check for FileNotFoundError and display some text explaining that it can be enabled if the user wants. Will re-open this until I have a minute to make the change.

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rbbrdckybkcommented, Oct 3, 2022

Thanks for the feedback; didn’t run into that issue on any of my test installs but just applied a fix that should prevent it in the future!