I'm working on Linux Mint 17 and I'm trying to create a new virtualenv with Python3 like this:
python3.6 -m venv env
And this is the error that I get:
Error: Command '['/home/ric/myprojs/django-example-channels/env/bin/python3.6', '-Im', 'ensurepip', '--upgrade', '--default-pip']' returned non-zero exit status 1.
I've googled this error message but haven't managed to find anything too informative.
This is my pip version, in case it make any difference:
pip --version
pip 9.0.1 from /usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages (python 2.7)
I've been using Python2 for some time, but I'm new to Python3. I don't know what I may be missing.
UPDATE 1:
Answering @cezar's question, when I type which python3
this is what I get:
$ which python3
/usr/bin/python3
UPDATE 2:
Answering @Chłop Z Lasu:
$ virtualenv -p python3.6 env
Running virtualenv with interpreter /usr/bin/python3.6
Using base prefix '/usr'
New python executable in /home/ric/myprojs/django-example-channels/example_channels/env/bin/python3.6
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/virtualenv.py", line 2328, in <module>
main()
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/virtualenv.py", line 713, in main
symlink=options.symlink)
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/virtualenv.py", line 925, in create_environment
site_packages=site_packages, clear=clear, symlink=symlink))
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/virtualenv.py", line 1231, in install_python
shutil.copyfile(executable, py_executable)
File "/usr/lib/python3.6/shutil.py", line 104, in copyfile
raise SameFileError("{!r} and {!r} are the same file".format(src, dst))
The error indicates that virtualenv is trying to make an environment in your python path. therefore, you have to specify your virtualenv destination
virtualenv -p python3.6 /path/to/yourenv