i am afraid the standard windows 10 python 3 install leads to dozens of errors such as
running install_lib creating c:\program files\python36\Lib\site-packages\robot error: could not create 'c:\program files\python36\Lib\site-packages\robot': Access is denied
one answer is to perform a MANUAL install as ADMINISTRATOR and install it for ALL USERS
- download python
- run as admin
- click install for all users
- choose manual install
- check install path is C:\Program Files (x86)\Python36-32
then check your installation by running
control panel ¦ sys and security ¦ system ¦ advanced system settings ¦ sys props ¦ advanced ¦ env vars ¦ PATH
and check your system path looks like
- %SystemRoot%
- %SystemRoot%\system32
- %SystemRoot%\System32\Wbem
- %SystemRoot%\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\
- %SystemDrive%\ProgramData\Oracle\Java\javapath
- %PROGRAMFILES(X86)%\Python\Python36-32\
- %PROGRAMFILES(X86)%\Python\Python36-32\Scripts\
if not change it so it does and run a command prompt to verify
C:>PATH PATH=C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem; C:\WINDOWS\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\; C:\ProgramData\Oracle\Java\javapath; C:\Program Files (x86)\Python36-32\; C:\Program Files (x86)\Python36-32\Scripts\; C:\Users\MYUSERNAME\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps;
NOW you can use pip (aka pip3 on other os) to install python modules for all users by clicking command prompt and right click RUN AS ADMINISTRATOR
C:>\pip install robotframework
and you should find python modules get installed into globally available
C:\Program Files (x86)\Python\Python36-32\Lib\site-packages
however you will STILL get errors if you try to run the module normally
C:\Users\\MYUSERNAME>robot --version c:\program files (x86)\python36-32\lib\runpy.py:125: RuntimeWarning: 'robot.run' found in sys.modules after import of package 'robot', but prior to execution of 'robot.run'; this may result in unpredictable behaviour warn(RuntimeWarning(msg)) Robot Framework 3.0.2 (Python 3.6.4 on win32)
but you can use the python run long syntax to fix this
C:\Users\MYUSERNAME>python -m robot --version Robot Framework 3.0.2 (Python 3.6.4 on win32)
refs
https://www.askvg.com/list-of-environment-variables-in-windows-xp-vista-and-7/
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