How to get virtualenv working based on an arcpro conda env

GTS_CrapPRO_venv.md

Creating a virtualenv based on a terrible conda env (ARCPRO)

Contents:

• VsCode Config
• Create Virtual Env
• Install Archook
• Invoke Virtual Env
• Add archook to your script

VSCode config

ideally setup VSCode to use CMD and not powershell. Unless you are a powershelll lover already.

• enter settings: ctrl+shift+P
• type into settings search: Terminal: Select Default Profile
• select CMD as your default terminal

Create the virtual env

Create the virtualenv but do not invoke it.

• create the env python -m venv venv
• create a conda-meta directory mkdir .\venv\conda-meta

Install archook

You SHOULD be able to just invoke the virtualenv and the install depedencies but for some reason on the DTS thats not working, either the crappy ESRI implementation, or something to do with windows, or god only knows!

This is a work around

• navigate to the venv\Lib\site-packages folder cd venv\Lib\site-packages
• install archook python -m pip install -t . archook-dbc

Invoke the virtualenv

.\venv\Scripts\Activate.bat

Edit your script

At the very start of your script before you import anything add the following lines:

import archook
archook.get_arcpy(pro=True)
import tkinter
import arcpy

... blah blah blah!!