Install Python3-Venv Module on Linux Mint

Install python3-venv module on linux mint

Try running this command:

sudo apt-get install python3.4-venv

Then use this:

python3 -m venv test

the package name is python3.4-venv and not python3-venv.

I used pip3 to install virtualenv but I can't create venv and also I can't uninstall virtualenv

The fundamental problem here seems to be that you are mixing up two different packages.

Python 3 comes with a built-in virtual environment module venv which is however not installed by default on Debian-based platforms. Like the error message says, apt-get install -y python3-venv will install this package, which you can then use with python3 -m venv.

virtualenv is a separate third-party package which you invoke with the command virtualenv. It's not a bad alternative, but if you are only just learning, I would suggest you simply ignore it for the time being.

Installing venv for python3 in WSL (Ubuntu)

Give this approach a shot:

Install the pip:

sudo apt-get install python-pip

Install the virtual environment:

sudo pip install virtualenv

Store your virtual environments somewhere:

mkdir ~/.storevirtualenvs

Now you should be able to create a new virtualenv

virtualenv -p python3 yourVenv

To activate:

source yourVenv/bin/activate

To exit your new virtualenv, just deactivate

How to install virtualenv without using sudo?

This solution is suitable in cases where no virtualenv is available system wide and you can not become root to install virtualenv. When I set up a debian for python development or deployment I always apt-get install python-virtualenv. It is more convenient to have it around than to do the bootstrap pointed out below. But without root power it may be the the way to go:

There is a bootstrap mechanism that should get you going.

Read: http://peak.telecommunity.com/DevCenter/EasyInstall#creating-a-virtual-python

In essence you would do this in your home directory in a unix environment:

Given your python is version 2.6

    $ mkdir ~/bin
    $ mkdir -p ~/lib/python2.6
    $ mkdir -p ~/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages
    $ wget http://peak.telecommunity.com/dist/virtual-python.py
    $ python virtual-python.py --no-site-packages
    $ wget http://peak.telecommunity.com/dist/ez_setup.py
    $ ~/bin/python ez_setup.py
    $ ~/local/bin/easy_install virtualenv
    $ ~/local/bin/virtualenv --no-site-packages thereyouare

There may be room for optimization. I don't like the local path. Just bin and lib would be nice. But it does its job.

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