Use different Python version with virtualenv

Question

I have a Debian system currently running with python 2.5.4. I got virtualenv properly installed, everything is working fine. Is there a possibility that I can use a virtuale

Answer 1

Yes, the above answers are correct and works fine on Unix based systems like Linux & MAC OS X.

I tried to create virtualenv for Python2 & Python3 with the following commands.

Here I have used venv2 & venv3 as their names for Python2 & Python3 respectively.

Python2 »

MacBook-Pro-2:~ admin$ virtualenv venv2 --python=`which python2`
Running virtualenv with interpreter /usr/local/bin/python2
New python executable in /Users/admin/venv2/bin/python
Installing setuptools, pip, wheel...done.
MacBook-Pro-2:~ admin$ 
MacBook-Pro-2:~ admin$ ls venv2/bin/
activate        easy_install        pip2.7          python2.7
activate.csh        easy_install-2.7    python          wheel
activate.fish       pip         python-config
activate_this.py    pip2            python2
MacBook-Pro-2:~ admin$ 

Python3 »

MacBook-Pro-2:~ admin$ virtualenv venv3 --python=`which python3`
Running virtualenv with interpreter /usr/local/bin/python3
Using base prefix '/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.6'
New python executable in /Users/admin/venv3/bin/python3
Also creating executable in /Users/admin/venv3/bin/python
Installing setuptools, pip, wheel...done.
MacBook-Pro-2:~ admin$ 
MacBook-Pro-2:~ admin$ ls venv3/bin/
activate        easy_install        pip3.6          python3.6
activate.csh        easy_install-3.6    python          wheel
activate.fish       pip         python-config
activate_this.py    pip3            python3
MacBook-Pro-2:~ admin$ 

Checking Python installation locations

MacBook-Pro-2:~ admin$ which python2
/usr/local/bin/python2
MacBook-Pro-2:~ admin$ 
MacBook-Pro-2:~ admin$ which python3
/usr/local/bin/python3
MacBook-Pro-2:~ admin$