firebase-tools: Trying to install functions python runtime on Windows resuslts in OSError

[REQUIRED] Environment info

firebase-tools: 12.3.0

Platform: Windows 11

[REQUIRED] Test case

Run firebase init on Windows.

[REQUIRED] Steps to reproduce

Run firebase init
Select Functions
Select Python
Select Yes on install dependencies

[REQUIRED] Expected behavior

It should install.

[REQUIRED] Actual behavior

[2023-06-02T04:49:57.687Z] Running command with virtualenv: command="C:\src\maiker\functions\venv\Scripts\activate.bat", args=["","&&","pip3","install","--upgrade","pip"]
Requirement already satisfied: pip in c:\src\maiker\functions\venv\lib\site-packages (22.0.4)
Collecting pip
  Using cached pip-23.1.2-py3-none-any.whl (2.1 MB)
Installing collected packages: pip
  Attempting uninstall: pip
    Found existing installation: pip 22.0.4
    Uninstalling pip-22.0.4:
      Successfully uninstalled pip-22.0.4
ERROR: Could not install packages due to an OSError: [WinError 5] Access is denied: 'C:\\Users\\muddi\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\pip-uninstall-0as7cbwm\\pip3.exe'
Check the permissions.

[2023-06-02T04:50:10.281Z] Error: spawn "C:\src\maiker\functions\venv\Scripts\activate.bat" ENOENT
    at notFoundError (C:\Users\muddi\AppData\Roaming\nvm\v16.17.1\node_modules\firebase-tools\node_modules\cross-spawn\lib\enoent.js:6:26)
    at verifyENOENT (C:\Users\muddi\AppData\Roaming\nvm\v16.17.1\node_modules\firebase-tools\node_modules\cross-spawn\lib\enoent.js:40:16)
    at ChildProcess.cp.emit (C:\Users\muddi\AppData\Roaming\nvm\v16.17.1\node_modules\firebase-tools\node_modules\cross-spawn\lib\enoent.js:27:25)
    at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (node:internal/child_process:291:12)

Error: An unexpected error has occurred.

Powershell is running as admin

About this issue

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State: open
Created a year ago
Reactions: 5
Comments: 17 (1 by maintainers)

Most upvoted comments

Having the same issue, would appreciate a workaround!

davidbeg on Jun 8, 2023

Open Powershell as admin
Run command: Set-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned
Go back to terminal in project
Run command: firebase init
navigate though: select ‘functions’ -> language = python -> (go through until Do you want to install dependencies now?)
Do you want to install dependencies now? Yes

activiate.bat should now be in /functions/venv/Scripts

hmalik144 on Jul 2, 2023

I was facing some problems, I created a video. Maybe it can help some of you https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_sayYt50oM

ivanandresdiaz on Dec 7, 2023

Hello. Sorry for all the issues. It looks like the Firebase CLI isn’t a reporting a clear error message when some of the necessary tools, like python.exe, pip3, venv/scripts/activate.bat, can’t be access by the CLI. That would explain some of the reports where a fresh install of python helps resolve the issue.

We are going to foucs on making the error messages more clear so that your system has all the necessary program it needs to run the emulator. Thanks for your patience as we try to improve the error messaging.

taeold on Dec 18, 2023

A fresh install of python fixed it for me.

William-LP on Jul 1, 2023