Questions tagged [virtualenv]
virtualenv is a tool that creates a sandboxed and isolated environment where Python packages can be installed without interfering with other packages on the same machine.
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Using /usr/bin/env python3 to point to virtual environment in 22.04
I have a script that begins with
#!/usr/bin/env python3
Should it use the "python3" virtual environment with it having to be explicitly activated? I'm pretty sure this used to work on ...
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A new virtual environment created with virtualenvwrapper is not empty when the ROS path is sourced
Problem creation:
Install virtualenvwrapper.
Install ROS 2.
In a shell, source the ROS2 path by source /opt/ros/humble/setup.bash.
In the same shell, create a virtual environment with mkvirtualenv ...
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Failing to create a virtualenv using python3.7 in Ubuntu 20.04
I have a system running Ubuntu 20.04.5 LTS which comes with python3.8 by default. For some work purposes, I need to use a virtual environment in python 3.7. So, I installed python3.7 which has been ...
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How to fix broken installation of virtualwrapper in Ubuntu?
On Ubuntu 20.04.4 and python 3.8.10 my virtualenvwrapper installation is broken. When I try
mkvirtualenv test
I get an error
ERROR: virtualenvwrapper could not find virtualenv in your path
for some ...
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How to completely reinstall virtualenv on Ubuntu?
I have a broken installation of virtualenv on Ubuntu 20.04.4, and I want to reinstall it completely new. I tried to remove the current installation with
sudo apt remove virtualenv
sudo apt-get remove -...
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virtualenv not found
I just switched from Window 10 to Ubuntu 22.4 LTS
I have installed the virtual env in Ubuntu 22.4 LTS with:
pip3 install virtualenv
After running that command, I got:
*WARNING: The script virtualenv ...
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Headless Chrome Doesn`t Work In Virtual Environment On Ubuntu Server Under Ther Root User
Help me please to solve this issue.
I have Ubuntu server running. I had installed chrome from .deb package by user1 in order to use it in headless mode in Selenium web driver (via Python) and within ...
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Segmentation fault (core dumped) when install a package inside a python virtualenv using pip
a few days back my ubuntu 20.04 stopped working. even after reinstalling everything with GPU drivers, after restart my screen freezes on the motherboard company logo, maybe an update with a bug ...
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Virtualenv installs envs into local/bin instead of bin
Problem:
The bin directory of my virtual environment produced with virtualenvwrapper (which uses virtualenv under the hood) is located in the subfolderlocal instead which leads to breakage across the ...
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Segmentation fault (core dumped) error when installing pachages with pip3 on virtualenv
I am working with Ubuntu 21.10 and I just installed python3.6 using this tutorial:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/70395169/how-to-install-python-3-6-on-ubuntu-21-10
After that I created a virtual ...
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How to upgrade python3-venv to 3.9 version in ubuntu 18.04?
I need to install tensorflow which requires python version > 3.7 because of which I had to upgrade the python version in ubuntu 18.04 from 3.6 to 3.9. I upgraded to python 3.9 using:
sudo add-apt-...
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Create a shortcut to a virtual enviroment
I have installed Spyder Python IDE in a virtual environment.
For this purpose I used the following command:
python3 -m venv spyder-env
source spyder-env/bin/activate
I have to switch to the virtual ...
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Why psycopg2 is not able to install in a virtual environment?
Just installed ubuntu20.04.
Installed python3.10 by
sudo apt install python3.10
Then created virtualenv
pip install virtualenv
virtualenv -p python3.10 venv
Now I'm trying to install requirement for ...
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python virtual environment with different python version than system python and installing packages
I created a python 3.9.7 virtual environment using virtualenv. This is a different python version than my system python. When I try install jupyter via pip install jupyter I get the following error:
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Pycharm -> Failed to create virtual environment
I wanted to run my first python file on ubuntu when suddenly this message with no further instructions appeared:
As a consequence I have researched what the meaning of the error was. According to the ...
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pipenv as isolated place for running a program
I'm new to Linux operating system and currently learning using Ubuntu. I came to the part where you build virtual environment. I read that I should use pipenv instead of venv.
My ideal goal of using a ...
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ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'pip._vendor.six'
I'm new to Ubuntu (20.04.2.0 LTS) and trying to get Python3.9.6 and Pip to work with Virtualenv.
I hope some of you experienced Ubuntu users can help me :)
I have no problem using default Python (3.8....
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Putty Connect Issues
I am trying to ssh into a virtual machine using putty. The VM has my public key and I am able to connect to the VM when I am using one internet connection but when I go to another location the ...
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Unable to uninstall virtualenv on Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS
$ sudo pip uninstall virtualenv
WARNING: Skipping virtualenv as it is not installed.
$ sudo pip3 uninstall virtualenv
WARNING: Skipping virtualenv as it is not installed.
$ sudo apt-get purge ...
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Python virtualenv problem after Ubuntu 20.04 upgrade
I updated my system to Ubuntu 20.04
I already had Python 3.6.7 running with virtualenv and virtualenvwrapper for my python virtual environment.
After the update
I am able to check get the list of ...
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Share virtual environment
I have a setup python virtual environment (virtualenv). I know that with virtualenv a new directory is created, where all dependencies and libraries for my python version are stored. Is it possible to ...
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Python virtual environment not working any more after change to Ubuntu 18.04
Up to now I used on my computer mainly Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, a few weeks ago I installed Ubuntu 18.04 LTS on a free partition.
Now I transferred my /home/juergen directory from the 16.04 partition to the ...
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Should I install Node.js globally or on a virtual environment?
Right now I doing a course for this Node.js is one of the requirements. So should I install it globally or in a virtual environment. I have no previous knowledge of using Node.js. My operating system ...
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"source" not working in bash shell while "." is on Ubuntu 20.04
I have a virtualenv called env on Ubuntu 20.04, it was made using the system python installation (python3 -m virtualenv env).
I used source env/bin/activate and got a prompt prepended with (env) but ...
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How to activate a virtual environment in Ubuntu?
I installed virtualenv and I created a virtual environment inside my directory. Everything is OK, but I can't activate it. When I run:
source /bin/activate
it says:
already: command not found
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Ubutu 18.04 mkvirtualenv distutils.sysconfig problem
I have a problem with mkvirtualenv. When I try mkvirtualenv py39 --python=/usr/bin/python3.9 I get File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/virtualenv.py", line 25, in import distutils....
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How to create python2.7 virtualenv on Ubuntu 20.04
I want to run an application that uses python2.7 version, but by default python2.7 is not installed. When I tried to use:
$ virtualenv -p python2 flaskold
It returned:
RuntimeError: failed to find ...
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Auto mounted disk not allowing to create virtualenv
I have a auto mounted rive which is allowed to access by two users. These are the rules in my /etc/fstab
#user1
UUID=123FSDF345233 /media/user1/Disk ntfs uid=1000,gid=1000,umask=000,sync,auto,rw 0 0
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How can I solve the problem “Ubuntu 20.04 pyenv command not found”?
I am installing pyenv using this command:
git clone pyenv/pyenv-virtualenv ~/.pyenv/plugins/pyenv-virtualenv
Then
echo 'eval "$(pyenv virtualenv-init -)"' >> ~/.bashrc
When I give ...
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virtualenv is activated but pip freeze return all system packages
I installed virtualenv using:
python -m pip install virtualenv
When I create a new env using this command:
virtualenv env
Then activate it:
source env/bin/activate
When I type pip freeze, it ...
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Python venv works explicitly with python3.6, but not with python3.8
#2 Edit - Solution:
so I found something that fixed it : https://stackoverflow.com/a/63207387/12291295
if you are getting afterwards a
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'zlib'
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why pip is not installed but after creating new venv and activating it, pip does work?
I'm confused by venv in linux.
I have a fresh ubuntu 20.04 installed. when I entered python in terminal it says command python is not found and the same for pip, but python3 works (still not for pip ...
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Unable to use virtualenv and virtuenvwrapper on Ubuntu 20
I am using Python3.7 and following the virtualenv and virtualenvwrapper installation as mentioned on this FreeCodeCamp article.
The changes to my .bashrc file look as follows:
# ~/.bashrc: executed by ...
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Error: Command '['/path/to/env/bin/python3.7', '-Im', 'ensurepip', '--upgrade', '--default-pip']' returned non-zero exit status 1
I just installed python3.7 on my 18.04LTS via the deadsnakes ppa:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:deadsnakes/ppa
sudo apt install python3.7 -y
Now I want to create a virtual environment with python3.7 -m ...
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How do you get 'sudo' privilege for a program in a conda virtual environment?
As with the title, how can I run a program installed within a conda environment with sudo privileges?
This thread(sudo: conda: command not found) mentioned that conda commands cannot be granted super ...
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Using 'sudo' with `virtualenv`
I am working on a virtual environment: sk, which I made this way:
$ mkvirtualenv sk -p python3
I use workon sk to activate this environment and work in it. When I try to run some functionality of ...
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Cannot start venv with python3
When trying to start a virtual environment I get:
~$ python3 -m venv homeassistant
The virtual environment was not created successfully because ensurepip is not
available. On Debian/Ubuntu systems, ...
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How to keep python virtualenvs while updating ubuntu?
A friend of mine told me that every python virtualenv he had in its ubuntu 18 OS became useless when he upgraded to ubuntu 20, and I think it's because of the new python version (3.8). If anyone could ...
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Ubuntu 20.04 "virtualenv -p python3 ." command not working
After upgrading to ubuntu 20.04 virtualenv -p python3 . not working. I shows error
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/mahmud/.local/bin/virtualenv", line 6, in <module>
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Python3.8 venv without activate script
When I try to create a virtual environment, the created folder does not have the venv/bin/activate script.
I tried to install and reinstall venv using sudo apt install python3-venv, but it always ...
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pip3 install virtualenv failed
I’m using Ubuntu Mate:
Operating System: Ubuntu 16.04.6 LTS
Kernel: Linux 3.4.39-BPI-M3-Kernel
Architecture: arm
I have installed Python 2.7 & 3.5.2 as well as 3.7.7
Wnen I'm trying to ...
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Install Python 3.7 packages in Ubuntu 20.04
I recently upgraded to 20.04 from 19.10. Now i face issues since i need to use a virtual environment with Python 3.7 and cant seem to install the packages:
- Python3.7-venv
- Python 3.7-dev
Seems ...
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conda activate newenv returns "powerline-shell: command not found"
I installed Conda using Anaconda3-2019.10-Linux-x86_64.sh. It works fine until today. I was able to run create new virtual env and activate it and then deactivate it as expected. Basically,
conda --...
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Run python script in virtual environment on startup
I would like to start a python script from a virtual environment on startup. I have searched the whole forum and other sources but have not been able to make it work.
The script should run at the ...
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Ubuntu 18.04 - how to set up a Python virtual environment for Python 3.7.x or 3.8.x?
Can somebody please provided recommended commands for Ubuntu 18.04 to configure a Python virtual environment that has Python 3.7.x or 3.8.x?
Of course I'm aware that upgrading the general Ubuntu 18....
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How to install different package with different version in two different virtual env ubuntu18.04?
I need to install two versions of a package in two different virtual env.
Here is what i did.
Virtual env1
Create a virtual env for env1 python3 -m venv ./env1
source ./env1/bin/activate
pip3 ...
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pip package installation and virtualenv
Good morning!
Quick summary: I'm having a problem with pip and virtualenv. Whether or not my virtualenv is activated my pip installs packages into the site-packages of the venv but when outside my ...
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For every Framework new Python Env?
I'm very new to Linux so it could be that I think more in a Windows way.
I want to develop something in Python, especially Django and Discord Bot.
I have a folder PythonEnvironment where I set up a ...
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How do I create a Python virtual environment in the Ubuntu on Windows App using 'venv' rather than 'virtualenv'?
I am using the Ubuntu on Windows App running on Windows Subsystem for Linux. So an initial question is if Python virtual environments is supported. Given my as yet limited understanding of Python ...
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Open terminal in XFCE from script and activate python virtualenv
I try to open a new terminal window in XFCE and activate python3 virtualenv in there using the following line in a bash script:
xfce4-terminal --working-directory=$HOME/path/to/project --maximize \
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