xdist module in pytest is not recognized

[SalvaVamsiKasyap]

PS C:\Users\Lenovo\PycharmProjects\Personal_Framework\Pytest_Sessions> pytest .\test_fixture_params.py -v -s -n 2 --html=test_fixtures_params.html
ERROR: usage: pytest [options] [file_or_dir] [file_or_dir] [...]
pytest: error: unrecognized arguments: -n 2
inifile: None
rootdir: C:\Users\Lenovo\PycharmProjects\Personal_Framework\Pytest_Sessions

Can any body help me with this?

[RonnyPfannschmidt]

as no details on your environment and how you get there is provided,
the only answer i can provide is that the dice i rolled landed on 4

[nicoddemus]

@RonnyPfannschmidt not sure being snarky like that is warranted here; I assume this person is new to Python/programming and does not understand the error (probably copied/pasted it from somewhere on the web).

@SalvaVamsiKasyap seems like you do not have the pytest-xdist plugin installed. From the command-line you will also need the pytest-html plugin (due to the --html flag). You can install them with pip install pytest-xdist pytest-html. See How to install and use plugins in the documentation.

[SalvaVamsiKasyap]

Hi @nicoddemus and @RonnyPfannschmidt ,

PS C:\Users\Lenovo\PycharmProjects\Personal_Framework\Pytest_Sessions> pip list
Package Version

---

attrs 22.2.0
colorama 0.4.6
execnet 1.9.0
iniconfig 2.0.0
numpy 1.24.2
packaging 23.0
pip 22.3
pluggy 1.0.0
psutil 5.9.4
py 1.11.0
pytest 7.2.2
pytest-html 3.2.0
pytest-metadata 2.0.4
pytest-xdist 3.2.1
pytz 2022.7.1
robotframework 6.0.2
setuptools 67.6.0
six 1.16.0
softest 1.2.0.0

I have installed it actually xdist plugin i am getting the above error only when i am trying to run the test cases parllely

PS C:\Users\Lenovo\PycharmProjects\Personal_Framework\Pytest_Sessions> pip --version
pip 22.3 from C:\Python311\Lib\site-packages\pip (python 3.11)
PS C:\Users\Lenovo\PycharmProjects\Personal_Framework\Pytest_Sessions> pytest --version
pytest 7.2.0

[RonnyPfannschmidt]

Please check the paths of pip and pytest, in some cases they differ and can lead to confusion

Are you using virtualenv

How are your python installations managed

[nicoddemus]

Please check the paths of pip and pytest, in some cases they differ and can lead to confusion

@SalvaVamsiKasyap you can use where pip and where pytest for that on Windows.