# Planemo No such file or directory: '\<home\>/.planemo/gx\_venv\_3/bin/galaxyctl'

**URL:** <https://help.galaxyproject.org/t/planemo-no-such-file-or-directory-home-planemo-gx-venv-3-bin-galaxyctl/16453>\
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**Created:** [October 30, 2025, 9:42am UTC](https://help.galaxyproject.org/t/planemo-no-such-file-or-directory-home-planemo-gx-venv-3-bin-galaxyctl/16453 "2025-10-30T09:42:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![Olivier\_Coen](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/help.galaxyproject.org/olivier_coen/32/7851_2.png) [@Olivier\_Coen](https://help.galaxyproject.org/u/Olivier_Coen)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2025, 9:42am UTC](https://help.galaxyproject.org/t/planemo-no-such-file-or-directory-home-planemo-gx-venv-3-bin-galaxyctl/16453/1 "2025-10-30T09:42:12Z")

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Hi all,

When running :  
`planemo test <my tool XML file>`  
I get:  
`FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '<my home>/.planemo/gx_venv_3/bin/galaxyctl'`

I installed planemo with virtualenv.  
Versions:  
python: 3.13.0  
planemo: 0.75.33

Thanks for your help!

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**Author:** ![jennaj](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/help.galaxyproject.org/jennaj/32/27_2.png) [@jennaj](https://help.galaxyproject.org/u/jennaj)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2025, 10:52pm UTC](https://help.galaxyproject.org/t/planemo-no-such-file-or-directory-home-planemo-gx-venv-3-bin-galaxyctl/16453/2 "2025-10-30T22:52:58Z")

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Welcome @Olivier_Coen

My guess is either your testing Galaxy server isn’t set up yet, or you haven’t told Planemo where it is.

- [Quick Start — Planemo 0.75.33.dev0 documentation](https://planemo.readthedocs.io/en/latest/readme.html)

 ![planemo-1](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/galaxy/original/2X/f/fb153429936fb4d63865d6ba769cb395208938ce.png)

- [Configuration — Planemo 0.75.33.dev0 documentation](https://planemo.readthedocs.io/en/latest/configuration.html)

 ![planemo-2](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/galaxy/original/2X/1/1521f5c55bae74fdaf6ecff0a778b4e56d53a74f.png)

Please give that a review! The first way above works for anyone, and is a good idea up until the point where the unit test already passes, and you are ready to test against some other Galaxy server configuration.

The full steps are available in tutorials, too! See → [Development in Galaxy / Tutorial List](https://training.galaxyproject.org/training-material/topics/dev/)

Let’s start there! 🙂