setting up environment in virtaulenv using python3 stuck on setuptools, pip, wheel

Question

Running the following:

virtualenv -p python3 venv

gives:

Running virtualenv with interpreter /usr/bin/python3
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Answer 1

1.Check your internet connections.

2.Set python3 as your default python interpreter since you have python2.7 as your default python interpreter. Try using without any wheel by:

virtualenv venv --no-wheel

Then activate virtualenv and run:-

pip install --upgrade pip
pip install setuptools --no-use-wheel --upgrade
pip install wheel --no-cache 

If you are behind proxy then use:-
sudo pip download setuptools pip wheel --proxy http://

After all this virtualenv -p python3 venv is working in my virtualenv perfectly.
NOTE: Assuming virtual environment is already set in your system and python3 is your default interpreter.

Alternatively, you don't need to do virtualenv -p python3 venv. You can specify python interpreter(present in /usr/bin/* folder) which you want to use in virtualenv and use it like this:-
virtualenv --python=/usr/bin/pythonX.Y /home/username/path/to/virtualenv_name

if you want to install in the current working directory then you can use:-
virtualenv --python=/usr/bin/pythonX.Y virtualenv_name
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