python pip trouble installing from requirements.txt

Question

I\'ve had great luck with pip in the past, but working at installing some stuff in a venv on is giving me some headaches. I keep getting errors like No distributions at

Answer 1

I see a few problems:

1. Your requirements.txt is for the base system Python, not any virtual environment. Django does not have any external dependencies.

2. You are using the root user to install packages in your virtual environment (or you are using sudo when you shouldn't).

The best option is to start from scratch:

$ virtualenv myvenv
...
$ source myvenv/bin/activate
(myvenv) $ pip install django
...
(myvenv) $ pip freeze > requirements.txt