Where is virtualenvwrapper.sh after pip install?
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I'm trying to setup virtualenvwrapper on OSX, and all the instructions and tutorials I've found tell me to add a source command to .profile, pointing towards virtualenvwrapper.sh. I've checked all the python and site-packages directories, and I can't find any virtualenvwrapper.sh. Is this something I need to download separately? Is pip not installing correctly?
This is the contents of /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages/virtualenvwrapper:
hook_loader.py hook_loader.pyc project.py project.pyc user_scripts.py user_scripts.pyc
As you can see, no virtualenvwrapper.sh. Where is it?
Python Solutions
Solution 1 - Python
You can use the find command to search for a file:
find / -name virtualenvwrapper.sh
This will search all directories from the root for the file.
on ubuntu 12.04 LTS, installing through pip, it is installed to
/usr/local/bin/virtualenvwrapper.sh
on ubuntu 17.04, installing through pip as a normal user, it is installed to
~/.local/bin/virtualenvwrapper.sh
Solution 2 - Python
did you already try this ?
$ which virtualenvwrapper.sh
Solution 3 - Python
The exact path where virtualenvwrapper.sh is stored/located varies from OS to OS. Even with in same OS, it varies from version to version. So we need a generic solution that works for all OS versions.
Easiest way I have found to find its path is: Do
pip uninstall virtualenvwrapper
This will prompt a confirmation. Say "No" But first line of confirmation shows the path of virtualenvwrapper.sh (Prompt gives a list of files it will delete, if you say Yes. First entry in this list contains path to virtualenvwrapper.sh in your machine)
Solution 4 - Python
I just reinstalled it with pip.
sudo pip uninstall virtualenvwrapper
sudo pip install virtualenvwrapper
And this time it put it in /usr/local/bin.
Solution 5 - Python
or, like I did..just uninstall virtualenvwrapper
> sudo pip uninstall virtualenvwrapper
and then install it with easy_install
> sudo easy_install virtualenvwrapper
this time I found the file "/usr/local/bin/virtualenvwrapper.sh" installed... Before that I weren't finding that file anywhere even by this command
> find / -name virtualenvwrapper.sh
Solution 6 - Python
On Mac OS
which virtualenvwrapper.sh
u got
/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/bin/virtualenvwrapper.sh
and u can
sudo ln /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/bin/virtualenvwrapper.sh /usr/local/bin/virtualenvwrapper.sh
and in your .bash_profile
source /usr/local/bin/virtualenvwrapper.sh
or u can
source /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/bin/virtualenvwrapper.sh
Solution 7 - Python
In OSx EI captain, I installed the virtualenvwrapper as
sudo pip3 install virtualenvwrapper
, however I cannot find the virtualenvwrapper.sh in /user/local/bin,
it was finally found at /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.4/bin/virtualenvwrapper.sh , and you can make an soft link to /usr/local/bin as
ln -s /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.4/bin/virtualenvwrapper.sh /usr/local/bin/virtualenvwrapper.sh, and everything you can just follow the setup guide as the official document does.
Good luck!
Solution 8 - Python
In OS X 10.8.2, with Python 2.7:
/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/bin/virtualenvwrapper.sh
Solution 9 - Python
For me it was in :
~/Library/Python/2.7/bin/virtualenvwrapper.sh
(With OS X, with a pip install --user installation)
Solution 10 - Python
I have the same problem. If you have older version of virtualenvwrapper, then pip wont work.
download src from http://pypi.python.org/pypi/virtualenvwrapper/3.6 and python setup.py install. Then the problem solved.
Solution 11 - Python
For RPM-based distributions(like Fedora 19), after running the sudo pip install virtualenvwrapper command, you may find the file at:
/usr/bin/virtualenvwrapper.sh
Solution 12 - Python
Installed it using pip on Ubuntu 15.10 using a normal user, it was put in ~/.local/bin/virtualenvwrapper.sh which I found by running:
$ find / -name virtualenvwrapper.sh 2>/dev/null
Solution 13 - Python
Using
find / -name virtualenvwrapper.sh
I got a TON of "permissions denied"s, and exactly one printout of the file location. I missed it until I found that file location when I uninstall/installed it again with pip.
In case you were curious, it was in
/usr/local/share/python/virtualenvwrapper.sh
Solution 14 - Python
In my case (OSX El Capitan, version 10.11.5) I needed to edit the .profile like so:
In the terminal:
>vim ~/.profile
export WORKON_HOME=$HOME/.virtualenvs
export MSYS_HOME=C:\msys\1.0
source /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/bin/virtualenvwrapper.sh
And then reload the profile (that it will be availuble in the current session.)
>source ~/.profile
Hope it will help someone.
Solution 15 - Python
/usr/share/virtualenvwrapper/virtualenvwrapper.sh
I've installed it on Ubuntu 16.04 and it resulted in this location.
Solution 16 - Python
I can find one in macOS Mojave (10.14) while playing with virtualenvwrapper-4.8.4
/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/bin/virtualenvwrapper.sh
Solution 17 - Python
Although this is an OS X question, here's what worked for me on Linux (Red Hat).
My virtualwrapper.sh was in
~/.local/bin/virtualenvwrapper.sh
This is probably because I installed virtualenvwrapper locally, using the --user flag...
pip install --user virtualenvwrapper
...as an alternative to the risky practice of using sudo pip.
Solution 18 - Python
/usr/local/bin/virtualenvwrapper.sh
Solution 19 - Python
I had the same issue in with the beagle bone black(debian).
Manually downloading the package and installing worked for me.
Solution 20 - Python
For Ubuntu
If you just installed it, check the output on Terminal, I'm posting mine :
Running setup.py install for virtualenv-clone
Installing virtualenv-clone script to /home/username/.local/bin
Successfully installed virtualenvwrapper virtualenv virtualenv-clone stevedore pbr six
Cleaning up...
Here the second line tells you the path. For me it was at /home/username/.local/bin
Solution 21 - Python
pip will not try to make things difficult for you on purpose.
The thing is commands based files are always installed in /bin folders they can be anywhere on the system path.
I had the same problem and I found that I have these files in my
~/.local/bin/
folder instead of
/usr/loca/bin/
which is the common case, but I think they changed the default path to
~ or $HOME
directory because its more isolate for the pip installations and provides a distinction between apt-get packages and pip packages.
So coming to the point you have two choices here either you go to your .bashrc and make changes like this
# for virtualenv wrapper
export WORKON_HOME=$HOME/Envs
export PROJECT_HOME=$HOME/Devel
source $HOME/.local/bin/virtualenvwrapper.sh
and than create a directory virtualenvwrapper under
/usr/share/ and than symlink your virtualwrapper_lazy.sh like this
sudo ln -s ~/.local/bin/virtualenvwrapper_lazy.sh /usr/share/virtualenvwrapper/virtualenvwrapper_lazy.sh
and you can check if your workon command is working which will list your existing virtualenv's.
Solution 22 - Python
If you execute pip install virtualenvwrapper without sudo as a normal user pip will run but won't copy the files in the required locations because the lack of permissions.
mortiz@florida:~# sudo pip3 install virtualenvwrapper
Use sudo and the files will be created under their respective paths:
root@florida:/usr/local/bin# ls -ltr
total 8008
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root staff 8136192 Jun 11 17:45 chromedriver
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root staff 41697 Sep 5 16:06 virtualenvwrapper.sh
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root staff 2210 Sep 5 16:06 virtualenvwrapper_lazy.sh
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root staff 215 Sep 5 16:06 pbr
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root staff 218 Sep 5 16:06 virtualenv-clone
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root staff 213 Sep 5 16:06 virtualenv
root@florida:/usr/local/bin#
Worked for me on Debian GNU/Linux 9
Solution 23 - Python
in my case: /home/username/.local/bin/virtualenvwrapper.sh
Solution 24 - Python
Have you installed it using sudo? Was the error in my case.