ERROR: virtualenvwrapper could not find virtualenv in your path

Question

I\'m trying to create a virtualenv with virtualenvwrapper, but when I use mkvirtualenv I get the following :

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Answer 1

Re-installling virtualenv fixed my problem.

I had the same issue.

$ mkvirtualenv mysite
ERROR: virtualenvwrapper could not find virtualenv in your path

After a lot of time consuming efforts, I decided to re-install virtualenv.

sudo apt install virtualenv

This fixed my issues. I already had virtualenv installed. But I think it got broken or met with some errors.

Answer 2

I finally found out what the problem was :

virtualenvwrapper.sh is written in BASH and not in Python. So virtualenv is called from a shell (zsh). I didn't have to bother about my PYTHONPATH, but about my PATH (I was already able to import virtualenv from my python shell anyway).

I just added the correct directory to my PATH and everything worked fine.

Answer 3

ERROR: virtualenvwrapper could not find virtualenv in your path

This error means - program virtualenv is not in your system path. This mostly happens if you install virtualenv via pip without sudo. This kind of installation stores data in users local directory e.g ~/.local/bin. So first step is to find where this binary present. You can do that using locate program. First update its database using sudo updatedb. Then run locate *bin/virtualenv. Whatever path you get, append it in system path variable. This you can do by adding below line in your shell config file e.g. ~/.bashrc or ~/.zshenv.

export PATH=$PATH:/your/path

e.g.

export PATH=$PATH:~/.local/bin

Now open new shell and try again. Error should be gone.

Answer 4

In my case, I tested use this command:

 sudo find / -name "virtualenv"

and I have a list with all path to this file,

I tested one to one and solved with path:

export VIRTUALENVWRAPPER_VIRTUALENV=/usr/bin/virtualenv

My configurations to environment variables is :

export VIRTUALENVWRAPPER_PYTHON=/usr/bin/python3
export WORKON_HOME=$HOME/.virtualenv
export VIRTUALENVWRAPPER_VIRTUALENV=/usr/bin/virtualenv
source ~/.local/bin/virtualenvwrapper.sh

in file .bashrc. Now all its works.

Answer 5

Your PYTHONPATH makes me think you have Homebrew installed. It sounds like virtualenvwrapper was installed with either your system pip or your homebrew pip while it is being executed with the opposite python interpreter.

Answer 6

I am using python3 with virtualenvwrapper installed on Ubuntu 18.04, using pip3 without sudo. If you are in this situation, you might find interesting my configuration.

In the end of my .bashrc I added the following rows (remember to put your username in the YOUR_USERNAME field):

export VIRTUALENVWRAPPER_PYTHON=/usr/bin/python3
export WORKON_HOME=$HOME/.virtualenvs
export VIRTUALENVWRAPPER_VIRTUALENV=/home/YOUR_USERNAME/.local/bin/virtualenv
source /usr/local/bin/virtualenvwrapper.sh

Then restart the cli with ctrl-D ctrl-T or reload the config with source ~/.bashrc. Then you should be good to go! Try the installation with:

lsvirtualenv
mkvirtualenv test
workon test
deactivate
rmvirtualenv test

If you could create and delete a virtual environment, you are ready to go.