Cookiecutter installation problem

[Idelsohn]

I am trying to download the cookiecutter structure onto vs code in order to arrange my project into a well defined structure. But I keep getting an error.
I managed to install the Cookie-cutter package itself (I used the - pip install cookiecutter-data-science). But right after that when I am trying to use commands like ccds/cookiecutter in order to create the project itself I get the following error -
ccds : The term 'ccds' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable program. Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was
included, verify that the path is correct and try again.
At line:1 char:1

• ccds

•   + CategoryInfo          : ObjectNotFound: (ccds:String) [], CommandNotFoundException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : CommandNotFoundException
  
  

How can I solve it?

[GatlenCulp]

Not a maintainer but it seems the ccds executable is not in your PATH, which PowerShell uses to locate commands. To check, run:

$Env:PATH

If the directory containing ccds isn’t listed, that’s likely the issue.

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Steps to Resolve

1. Run Directly with Python

   python -m pip install cookiecutter-data-science
   python -m ccds

2. Activate Virtual Environment (if applicable)

   .\venv\Scripts\activate
   ccds

3. Add to PATH
   Locate the Scripts folder for your Python installation and add it to PATH. Common paths:

   • Global: C:\PythonXX\Scripts
   • User: C:\Users\<YourUsername>\AppData\Roaming\Python\PythonXX\Scripts

[isms]

@Idelsohn Did that fix your issue?