Python Virtualenv - No module named virtualenvwrapper.hook_loader

Question

I\'m running Mac OS 10.6.8. and wanted to install in addition to python 2.6 also python 2.7 and use python 2.7 in a new virtualenv. I executed the following steps:

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Answer 1

There are a number of things that can cause this error. If your environment is

• CentOS 7, with python3 installed from epel-release
• pip3 installed with python3.4 get-pip.py
• virtualenvwrapper installed with pip3
• A python virtual environment made with mkvirtualenv -p /usr/bin/python3.4

Then, for whatever reason, the virtual environment is created without the virtualenvwrapper library. You can solve it by simply installing it again, but this time from within the virtlualenv

[user@localhost ~] $ mkvirtualenv -p /usr/bin/python3.4 venv
Using base prefix '/usr'
New python executable in /home/user/.virtualenvs/venv/bin/python3.4
Also creating executable in /home/user/.virtualenvs/venv/bin/python
Installing setuptools, pip, wheel...done.
virtualenvwrapper.user_scripts creating /home/user/.virtualenvs/venv/bin/predeactivate
virtualenvwrapper.user_scripts creating /home/user/.virtualenvs/venv/bin/postdeactivate
virtualenvwrapper.user_scripts creating /home/user/.virtualenvs/venv/bin/preactivate
virtualenvwrapper.user_scripts creating /home/user/.virtualenvs/venv/bin/postactivate
virtualenvwrapper.user_scripts creating /home/user/.virtualenvs/venv/bin/get_env_details
/home/user/.virtualenvs/venv/bin/python3.4: Error while finding spec for 'virtualenvwrapper.hook_loader' (: No module named 'virtualenvwrapper')
/home/user/.virtualenvs/venv/bin/python3.4: Error while finding spec for 'virtualenvwrapper.hook_loader' (: No module named 'virtualenvwrapper')

# the virtualenv should now activated
(venv)[user@localhost ~] $ pip install virtualenvwrapper