Failed to spawn command `flake8`.

linter-flake8:: Flake8 threw an error related to:
Failed to spawn command flake8. Make sure flake8 is installed and on your PATH
Please check Atom's Console for more details

[Arcanemagus]

Have you installed flake8?

[stranjs]

I am having the same issue, this is the error from console, would appreciate any help.

[Arcanemagus]

@stranjs Please read my earlier comment... you need flake8 installed on your computer before this (linter-flake8) will work.

[DrummyBeat]

I am experiencing the same issue. I have, using a command prompt on windows 10 after adding python34 to my %PATH%, imported pip.

After importing pip I have installed flake8 using the command in command prompt
"python34 -m pip install flake8"

After installing flake8 I installed the linter-base through the atom program, not by using "$APM Install linter-flake8" as I have no clue where I would even input that.

I have gone through and tried checking my executable path for flake8 in atom, but I have no clue where or how I would find the path. If someone could give some explanation as to how to get it to work, in which program, command line, terminal, AND CODING LANGUAGE to install it, that would be great. So instead of saying "type in $apm install linter-flake8" explain WHERE YOU WOULD TYPE IT. Everything I've found on how to install just says the above, and is not helpful in the slightest.

[Arcanemagus]

@DrummyBeat You can check whether flake8 is properly installed on your system using:

where.exe flake8

You should see something like this:

If you instead get a INFO: Could not find files for the given pattern(s). message, then you either haven't properly installed flake8, or your Scripts folder isn't in your PATH.

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If you don't have linter-flake8 installed within Atom I would highly recommend simply opening Atom's settings, going to Install, and searching for linter-flake8.

[DrummyBeat]

Problem solved. Didn't have my scripts folder in my PATH

[Arcanemagus]

Closing this due to a lack of response from @cheney-github.

[kenujen]

Where should flake8 be installed. I don't see an option to select location, so by default flake8 installed in: C:\Users\kenuj\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python37\Scripts, but my python3.7 is in C:\Program Files\Python\Python37\

Is this the reason it does not work? How do I install it correctly?

Thanks!

[Arcanemagus]

You may need to manually add the C:\Users\kenuj\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python37\Scripts to your PATH environment variable:
https://stackoverflow.com/a/44272417/631338

Note that you will need to restart any program (like Atom) that you want to see that change in after making it.

[kenujen]

Thanks! I actually tried to add to PATH but was adding to the wrong path... This works.

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On Mon, Jan 21, 2019 at 4:12 PM Landon Abney ***@***.***> wrote: You may need to manually add the C:\Users\kenuj\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python37\Scripts to your PATH environment variable: https://stackoverflow.com/a/44272417/631338 Note that you will need to restart any program (like Atom) that you want to see that change in after making it. — You are receiving this because you commented. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#537 (comment)>, or mute the thread <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AihgLDdwiwtdLQ4wIQ2IRvc3bGfMUD8Jks5vFi0zgaJpZM4QulPj> .

[DrummyBeat]

This solved my issue as well! Request to close thread

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