Creating Virtual environment using python 3.8 when python 2.7 is present

Question

I am trying to create a virtual environment using mkvirtualenv with python 3 in Windows but the environment is created with python 2.7.My pip version is also from python 2.7 which i have avoided using

py -m pip install virtualenvwrapper-win

When i do

mkvirtualenv test

environment is created with python 2.7 Please help me with a solution Thanks in advance:)

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Danizavtz · Accepted Answer · 2021-01-23T17:26:22.860

If you would like to create a virtualenv with python 3.X having the version 2.X

You just have to pass a parameter argument for your virtual env.

$ virtualenv venv -p $(which python3)

This command will point to your current python3 install folder, and create a virtualenv copied from your current python3 binaries.

If you would like to see what this command does, just fire the command:

$ which python3
#should print your current python3 binary folder.

score 14 · Answer 2 · edited Aug 26 '20 at 19:25

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you need install python3.8 to your enviroment, if you are in ubuntu(18.04):

sudo apt install python3.8

and:

mkvirtualenv name_of_the_project -p python3.8

edited Aug 26 '20 at 19:25

Dharman

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answered Aug 26 '20 at 19:20

instead of `mkvirtualenv name_of_the_project -p python3.8` this worked for me `virtualenv name_of_the_project -p python3.8` – hhhameem Sep 07 '22 at 15:51

Creating Virtual environment using python 3.8 when python 2.7 is present

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