creating python virtual env on Linux
Question:
I’m new to Linux environment where i need to create a virtual environment for my project. As this is a development machine i will not have access like i used to have in my own machine. I tried running the below commands :
python3 -m venv env
But got permission denied:
I tried using sudo su command upon which it asked to enter my password. Later it said "Sorry, user xxxx is not allowed to execute ‘usr/bin/su’ as root on
Is this meant i do not have access to run sudo command?
Answers:
if you run python3 -m venv env a virtual environment will be created in your current directory. As venv does not require admin privileges it seems more likely that you are trying to run the command in a directory where you don’t have sufficient write permissions.
The "permission denied" error is probably due to the fact that you are in a directory where you have no write rights
Solution:
- either change directory (for instance with
cd, this will take you to your $HOME where you certainly have write rights)
or
- give a full path for directory where you want to save the virtual environment (for instance to save in
~/my_env use python3 -m venv ~/my_env)
By issuing the command
python -m venv -h
you can see all the options of venv.
I’m new to Linux environment where i need to create a virtual environment for my project. As this is a development machine i will not have access like i used to have in my own machine. I tried running the below commands :
python3 -m venv env
But got permission denied:
I tried using sudo su command upon which it asked to enter my password. Later it said "Sorry, user xxxx is not allowed to execute ‘usr/bin/su’ as root on
Is this meant i do not have access to run sudo command?
if you run python3 -m venv env a virtual environment will be created in your current directory. As venv does not require admin privileges it seems more likely that you are trying to run the command in a directory where you don’t have sufficient write permissions.
The "permission denied" error is probably due to the fact that you are in a directory where you have no write rights
Solution:
- either change directory (for instance with
cd, this will take you to your$HOMEwhere you certainly have write rights)
or
- give a full path for directory where you want to save the virtual environment (for instance to save in
~/my_envusepython3 -m venv ~/my_env)
By issuing the command
python -m venv -h
you can see all the options of venv.