Ubuntu 14.04's Python 3.4 installation has a problem with
ensurepip
module, as described in this bug. So if you follow the steps mentioned in the official documentation, you would see an error message like this➜ Python python3 -m venv py3.4venvTo resolve this problem, first install the
Error: Command '['/home/thefourtheye//py34venv/bin/python3', '-Im', 'ensurepip', '--upgrade', '--default-pip']' returned non-zero exit status 1
venv
, without pip
, like thispython3 -m venv py3.4venv --without-pipAnd then if you install
pip
, like this, it will still fail(py3.4venv) ➜ py3.4venv python -m ensurepip --upgradeSo, you need to install,
/home/thefourtheye/Python/py3.4venv/bin/python: No module named ensurepip
(py3.4venv) ➜ py3.4venv python
Python 3.4.0 (default, Apr 11 2014, 13:05:11)
[GCC 4.8.2] on linux
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
...
pip
separately, like mentioned in the pip's official documentation. So, the actual list of steps go like this➜ Python python3 -m venv py3.4venv --without-pip
➜ Python cd py3.4venv
➜ py3.4venv source bin/activate
(py3.4venv) ➜ py3.4venv wget https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py
--2014-12-30 14:35:34-- https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py
Resolving bootstrap.pypa.io (bootstrap.pypa.io)... 103.245.222.175
Connecting to bootstrap.pypa.io (bootstrap.pypa.io)|103.245.222.175|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 1581355 (1.5M) [text/x-python]
Saving to: ‘get-pip.py’
100%[=====================================================================================================================>] 15,81,355 129KB/s in 8.9s
2014-12-30 14:35:43 (173 KB/s) - ‘get-pip.py’ saved [1581355/1581355]
(py3.4venv) ➜ py3.4venv python get-pip.py
Collecting pip
Downloading pip-6.0.3-py2.py3-none-any.whl (1.3MB)
100% |################################| 1.3MB 139kB/s
Collecting setuptools
Downloading setuptools-9.1-py2.py3-none-any.whl (552kB)
100% |################################| 552kB 180kB/s
Installing collected packages: setuptools, pip
Successfully installed pip-6.0.3 setuptools-9.1
(py3.4venv) ➜ py3.4venv deactivate
➜ py3.4venv source bin/activate
(py3.4venv) ➜ py3.4venv pip install django
Collecting django
Using cached Django-1.7.1-py2.py3-none-any.whl
Installing collected packages: django
Successfully installed django-1.7.1
(py3.4venv) ➜ py3.4venv which pip
/home/thefourtheye/Python/py3.4venv/bin/pip
(py3.4venv) ➜ py3.4venv