py-spy: command not found

[bikhilall]

Py-spy command not found after fresh installation on ubuntu.

$ pip install py-spy
Collecting py-spy
  Using cached https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/8e/a7/ab45c9ee3c4654edda3efbd6b8e2fa4962226718a7e3e3be6e3926bf3617/py_spy-0.3.3-py2.py3-none-manylinux1_x86_64.whl
Installing collected packages: py-spy
Successfully installed py-spy-0.3.3


$ py-spy top --python simulator.py 
py-spy: command not found

[RustingSword]

Generally this means pip installation path is not in your $PATH.

You can run pip show py-spy to find out where py-spy is installed:

$ pip show py-spy
Name: py-spy
Version: 0.3.3
...
Location: /SOME_PYTHON_ENV/lib/python3.6/site-packages

py-spy command most likely can be found in /SOME_PYTHON_ENV/bin, and add this to PATH should fix the problem.

[benfred]

Which pip are you using? There was an issue with pip 20.0.x that would cause this: #218