venv doesn't create activate script python3

Question

When trying to create a virtulenv using venv with python 3 on ubuntu it isn’t creating an activate script. It conitunally exits with an error 1.

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Answer 1

Looks like you are using Ubuntu 14.04. It was shipped with a broken pyvenv. There is a simple work around to create venv using Python 3

1. Create venv without pip

python3 -m venv --without-pip test4

or

pyvenv-3.4 --without-pip test4

2. Get pip in your env

source test4/bin/activate
curl https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py | python
deactivate
source test4/bin/activate

or

pyvenv-3.4 --without-pip myvenv
source ./myvenv/bin/activate
wget https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/s/setuptools/setuptools-3.4.4.tar.gz
tar -vzxf setuptools-3.4.4.tar.gz
cd setuptools-3.4.4
python setup.py install
cd ..
wget https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/p/pip/pip-1.5.6.tar.gz
tar -vzxf pip-1.5.6.tar.gz
cd pip-1.5.6
python setup.py install
cd ..
deactivate
source ./myvenv/bin/activate

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