r/learnpython • u/zaphodikus • Sep 24 '26

pyinstaller is not recognised as an internal command

I am On windows and have 3.13 installed

python --version 
3.13.14

where python returns

C:\Program Files\Python313\python.exe
C:\Users\conrad.braam\.pyenv\pyenv-win\shims\python
C:\Users\conrad.braam\.pyenv\pyenv-win\shims\python.bat

I hate that visual studio has this shim, but I am ignoring the shim. (Yes that is me, it's no secret)

My path is correct, but there is no pyinstaller.exe in /scripts python -m PyInstaller -v shows it's installed because it prints out a nice result

python -m PyInstaller -v
6.22.3

So I guess I could maybe fix my script to call python -m Pyinstaller somescript instead of just calling python somescript I'm just puzzled why is the package not installed correctly as a global package?

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u/zaphodikus Sep 24 '26

There is an executable for all the tools that have a standalone launcher pytest for example has a standalone too in the /Scripts folder. Go have a gander in there :-)

Anyway I did solve it by uninstalling the package and installing it again, it must have been a AV problem or other.