[Bug]: Failed to install or update Checkov using python pip etc

[brokedba]

[Bug]: Failed to install or update Checkov using python pip etc

[brokedba]

Might try this
Go to -> "start" and type "Manage App Execution Aliases". Go to it and turn off "Python"

from this StackOverflow post
and see how it goes

[brokedba]

reinstalled python and still having the same issue

>python --version
Python 3.10.0
> where python 
C:\Program Files\python\Python310\python.exe
C:\Users\User\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps\python.exe 

[brokedba]

ok now it's working . I went back to "Manage App Execution Aliases" and enabled the alias for everything python ,

[debug]: Getting python version with command: python3 --version 
[debug]: Raw output: 
[debug]: Python 3.10.11
 
[debug]: Python version: 3.10.11
 
[debug]: Testing pip[3] installation with command: pip3 install --user -U -i https://pypi.org/simple/ checkov 
[debug]: Location: c:\users\kosse\appdata\local\packages\pythonsoftwarefoundation.python.3.10_qbz5n2kfra8p0\localcache\local-packages\python310\site-packages 
[info]: Checkov installed successfully using pip3. {"checkovPath":"c:\\users\\user\\appdata\\local\\packages\\pythonsoftwarefoundation.python.3.10_qbz5n2kfra8p0\\localcache\\local-packages\\python310\\Scripts\\checkov"}
[info]: Checkov installation:  {"checkovInstallationMethod":"pip3","checkovPath":"c:\\users\\user\\appdata\\local\\packages\\pythonsoftwarefoundation.python.3.10_qbz5n2kfra8p0\\localcache\\local-packages\\python310\\Scripts\\checkov"}
[debug]: Version command: c:\users\user\appdata\local\packages\pythonsoftwarefoundation.python.3.10_qbz5n2kfra8p0\localcache\local-packages\python310\Scripts\checkov -v 
[debug]: Response from version command: 3.2.90
 
[info]: Previously installed checkov version does not match the newly installed one. Clearing results cache. 
[debug]: Clearing results cache 

you can close it I guess , but I still don't know why it happened.