Hi just trying out meltano with with the getting started. Just tying to do a dry run and get a feel of how it works. However, after following through with the tutorial. I got this error: Extractor 'tap-github' could not be installed: could not create the virtualenv for 'extractors/tap-github' Need help fixing this problem? Visit http://melta.no/ for troubleshooting steps, or to join our friendly Slack community. Failed to install plugin(s)

Hi @daniel_antwi. Sorry your ran into this. Could you please provide the output from the following commands: •

pip -V

•

meltano --version

Were you following this tutorial, and was this the command you ran that gave you the error?

meltano add extractor tap-github --variant=meltanolabs

Also, which method did you choose to install meltano? 'pip', 'docker' or 'pipx'?

pip 20.0.2 from /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/pip (python 3.8)

I wonder if the

pip

installation instructions are missing a step .... Can you try running

python -m venv -h

and let us know the result?

Sure

Thanks! I wanted to make sure that the

venv

module is actually installed on your machine, which it indeed is. I don't quite have a theory for why you are getting the

could not create the virtualenv

error yet

Also for consideration: Proposed: Should we add explicit `virtualenv` dependency · Issue #7152 · meltano/meltano (github.com)

@christoph I used pipx and it's working fine now. Thanks