hey guys, keep running into this error: "Failed to create symlink to 'meltano.exe': administrator privilege required" when trying to add the dagster utility. I enabled symlinks for my user and also for git. Not really sure where to go from here or if anyones run into a similar issue

I have run into this before. If you can run the command from an elevated command prompt? https://github.com/meltano/meltano/issues/6910 https://github.com/meltano/meltano/pull/6468

That's my next step - currently using this in my case for why I need admin rights on my machine (eyeroll). Once I get admin rights I'll try running the same cmd in an admin terminal

Ah I see. When you installed

meltano

did you use

pipx

?

no i used pip

I would highly recommend using

pipx

for

meltano

if you can. To install

meltano

via

pipx

follow the instructions in the linked below, just substitute

python

for

python3

and check

ensurepath

worked via

$env:Path -split ';'

. https://docs.meltano.com/guide/installation-guide#install-pipx-1

why should I install with pipx as opposed to pip? just curious

you get the benefits of isolated environments per app and it manages adding those apps to your windows path. https://pipx.pypa.io/stable/#overview-what-is-pipx

gotcha - thank you!