Invoke Path Issues

[SchrodingersGat]

Overview

A "bug" has been introduced since the merging of #8747 - the invoke commands no longer work as expected.

Description

When calling invoke (used for most system commands), the loaded virtual environment is not used as expected.

This occurs when invoke is installed as a system-level package which is available on PATH with higher priority than the version installed in the python virtual environment.

The outcome is that calling invoke <command> does not use the packages installed in the InvenTree virtual environment.

Example - System Invoke

invoke version - invoke installed at /usr/bin/invoke

Warning: Dulwich module not found, git information will not be available.

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Python paths:
Executable  /usr/bin/python3
Environment /usr

Installation paths:
Base        /home/inventree
Config      /home/inventree/dev/config.yaml
Media       /home/inventree/dev/media
Static      /home/inventree/dev/static

Versions:
Python      3.11.8
Django      4.2.16
InvenTree   0.18.0 dev
API         297
Node        v18.20.1
Yarn        1.22.19

Commit hash: None
Commit date: None

Example - venv invoke

python -m invoke version - called from InvenTree venv

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Python paths:
Executable  /home/inventree/dev/venv/bin/python
Environment /home/inventree/dev/venv

Installation paths:
Base        /home/inventree
Config      /home/inventree/dev/config.yaml
Media       /home/inventree/dev/media
Static      /home/inventree/dev/static

Versions:
Python      3.11.8
Django      4.2.17
InvenTree   0.18.0 dev
API         297
Node        v18.20.1
Yarn        1.22.19

Commit hash: ea9e3fb
Commit date: 2025-01-05

Originally posted by @SchrodingersGat in #8747 (comment)

[SchrodingersGat]

This may well cause issues with the installer setup too