From 521be1eda0e28f3ca866a4faf75c72cd834de418 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Angus <git@zog.mozmail.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Sep 2024 08:52:57 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] switch python command according to os

---
 a00_qpip/plugin.py | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/a00_qpip/plugin.py b/a00_qpip/plugin.py
index 837c66c..3b735b9 100644
--- a/a00_qpip/plugin.py
+++ b/a00_qpip/plugin.py
@@ -251,9 +251,13 @@ def pip_install_reqs(self, reqs_to_install):
         os.makedirs(self.prefix_path, exist_ok=True)
         log(f"Will pip install {reqs_to_install}")
 
+        # python is normally found at sys.executable, but there is a bug on windows qgis so use 'python' instead
+        # https://github.com/qgis/QGIS/issues/45646
+        python_command = 'python' if os.name == 'nt' else sys.executable
+
         run_cmd(
             [
-                sys.executable,
+                python_command,
                 "-um",
                 "pip",
                 "install",