How to create a Virtualenv with Python 3?

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I have a problem with Linux in PC. I installed python3.8. I want work with python 3. When I create a virtualenv file it gets created with python2, but I don't want work with python2. How can I enable python2?

can you post the code you're using to create the virtualenv? — Kelvin, Dec 20 '19 at 15:31
Type **python3** instead of **python** while executing commands. — dannyxn, Dec 20 '19 at 15:31
Does this answer your question? [Using Python 3 in virtualenv](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/23842713/using-python-3-in-virtualenv) — D Malan, Dec 20 '19 at 15:31
Is there a typo in "How can I enable python2?", you do _not_ want to run any python2 in this venv. You want a python3.x interpreter — AlanSE, Dec 20 '19 at 15:38

score 5 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 20 '19 at 15:32

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You can set a python version while creating a new virtual environment using the -p flag.

virtualenv -p python3.8 my-env-name

answered Dec 20 '19 at 15:32

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 20 '19 at 15:37

Perhaps you can try to locate the location of the python version you want to use the interpreter of (eg. get its path through which python3). Once obtained the path you can create the enviroment specifying the location of the interpreter you want to use for that virtual environment virtualenv -p /usr/bin/python3.6 venv

How to create a Virtualenv with Python 3?

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