# Errors running rasa init on VSCode

**URL:** <https://forum.rasa.com/t/errors-running-rasa-init-on-vscode/45903>\
**Category:** Rasa Open Source\
**Created:** [July 19, 2021, 2:16pm UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/errors-running-rasa-init-on-vscode/45903 "2021-07-19T14:16:10Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![spuds](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f6c823/32.png) [@spuds](https://forum.rasa.com/u/spuds)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2021, 2:16pm UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/errors-running-rasa-init-on-vscode/45903/1 "2021-07-19T14:16:10Z")

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Hi there,

this is my first time using rasa and I’m trying to use Rasa in VSCode to test the functionality and get to grips with it.

However, after installing rasa, i get this error when running rasa init:

_rasa init__rasa : The term ‘rasa’ 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 + rasa init \*+ ~~~~ _

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  - CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (rasa:String) [], CommandNotFoundException\*

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  - FullyQualifiedErrorId : CommandNotFoundException\*

I’m not sure if I’m doing something wrong, I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling Python many times over, the same with rasa. If this is extremely obvious or blatantly stupid, I apologise but any help would be greatly appreciated. 😄

_Edit_

I have followed the rasa install instructions using _pip3 install rasa_ in the terminal and it doesn’t throw up any errors until I try to run rasa init

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**Author:** ![nik202](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.rasa.com/nik202/32/16098_2.png) [@nik202](https://forum.rasa.com/u/nik202)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2021, 2:20pm UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/errors-running-rasa-init-on-vscode/45903/2 "2021-07-19T14:20:35Z")

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@spuds can you please mention in brief, what steps are you using to install & run rasa and work with VScode?

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**Author:** ![spuds](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f6c823/32.png) [@spuds](https://forum.rasa.com/u/spuds)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2021, 2:25pm UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/errors-running-rasa-init-on-vscode/45903/3 "2021-07-19T14:25:57Z")

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I have made an edit to the initial post 🙂

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**Author:** ![nik202](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.rasa.com/nik202/32/16098_2.png) [@nik202](https://forum.rasa.com/u/nik202)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2021, 2:28pm UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/errors-running-rasa-init-on-vscode/45903/4 "2021-07-19T14:28:47Z")

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@spuds Please share `rasa --version`

@spuds Hi, Just create the python virtual environment with python 3.7 or 3.8

@spuds Activate virtual environment

@spuds Install pip version to 20.0.2

@spuds pip install pip==20.0.2

@spuds Install rasa

```
 pip install rasa==2.8.0
 pip install rasa-sdk==2.8.0

```

@spuds check rasa version `rasa --version`

@spuds rasa train

@spuds rasa shell --debug

I would encourage install the latest version of Rasa If you have started learning Rasa.

**For running the code in VS code:**

1. Open the workspace i.e your project folder
2. Type Ctrl+Shift+P Python interpreter will be open
3. Select your Python environment or you can manual do this will activating environment for both teriminal conda activate `<env name>` for rasa and rasa action server.
4. In terminal you will see your environment run rasa shell --debug if you not train train the model first whilst using rasa train

I hope it will solve your issue. Good Luck!

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**Author:** ![spuds](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f6c823/32.png) [@spuds](https://forum.rasa.com/u/spuds)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2021, 3:10pm UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/errors-running-rasa-init-on-vscode/45903/5 "2021-07-19T15:10:26Z")

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Thank you very much for your help, I’ve finally got it working 🙂

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**Author:** ![nik202](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.rasa.com/nik202/32/16098_2.png) [@nik202](https://forum.rasa.com/u/nik202)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2021, 3:38pm UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/errors-running-rasa-init-on-vscode/45903/6 "2021-07-19T15:38:29Z")

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@spuds always welcome! 🙂