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Danny Dircz
Danny Dircz

Reputation: 90

virtualenv uses Python 2.6 instead of 2.7

I created a virtualenv and installed some packages with pip. I want to use Python 2.7, which is the default version on my system. The env's lib folder contains a folder for Python 2.6, not 2.7. Why is it not using 2.7, and how can I correct it?

$ python -V
Python 2.7.6

$ virtualenv flask

flask/
    bin/
    app/
    lib/
       Python2.6/

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1775

Answers (1)

mikeb
mikeb

Reputation: 11309

Find where python2.7 is, then tell virtualenv to use that binary.

$ which python2.7
/usr/bin/python2.7
$ virtualenv -p $(which python2.7) flask

For example, on Ubuntu, install virtualenv with sudo apt-get install virtualenv. Create an env with virtualenv vpy. This creates a vpy directory. Next run . ./vpy/bin/activate to activate the env. Install packages with pip like pip install flask.

Every time you start a new shell, you must activate the env again with . ./vpy/bin/activate.

Upvotes: 3

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