bash: mkvirtualenv: command not found

Question

After following the instructions on Doug Hellman\'s virtualenvwrapper post, I still could not fire up a test environment.

[mpenning@tsunami ~]$ mkvirtualenv          


        

Answer 1

Use this procedure to create virtual env in ubuntu

step 1

Install pip

   sudo apt-get install python-pip

step 2

Install virtualenv

   sudo pip install virtualenv

step 3

Create a dir to store your virtualenvs (I use ~/.virtualenvs)

   mkdir ~/.virtualenvs

or use this command to install specific version of python in env

virtualenv -p /usr/bin/python3.6 venv

step 4

   sudo pip install virtualenvwrapper

step 5

   sudo nano ~/.bashrc

step 6

Add this two line code at the end of the bashrc file

  export WORKON_HOME=~/.virtualenvs
  source /usr/local/bin/virtualenvwrapper.sh

step 7

Open new terminal (recommended)

step 8

Create a new virtualenv

  mkvirtualenv myawesomeproject

step 9

To load or switch between virtualenvs, use the workon command:

  workon myawesomeproject

step 10

To exit your new virtualenv, use

 deactivate

and make sure using pip vs pip3

OR follow the steps below to install virtual environment using python3

Install env

python3 -m venv my-project-env

and activate your virtual environment using the following command:

source my-project-env/bin/activate