Install python3-venv module on linux mint

python linux python-3.x linux-mint python-venv
Srikan picture Srikan · Dec 14, 2015 · Viewed 22.3k times · Source

I was able to move to Linux mint 17.3 64 bit version from my Linux mint 16. This was long awaited migration.

After moving to Linux Mint 17.3, I am not able to the install python3-venv module, which is said to be the replacement for virtualenv in python 3.x. In my linux mint 16 I had access to pyvenv-3.4 tool. I dont know when I installed that module in Linux mint 16.

Anybody faced this issue ?

python -m venv test
The virtual environment was not created successfully because ensurepip is not
available. On Debian/Ubuntu systems, you need to install the python3-venv
package using the following command.

apt-get install python3-venv

You may need to use sudo with that command. After installing the python3-venv
package, recreate your virtual environment.

izero@Ganesha ~/devel $ sudo apt-get install python3-venv
[sudo] password for izero:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package python3-venv

Answer

nasser alshammari picture nasser alshammari · Dec 14, 2015

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.

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