Using a particular python binary with venv

[Laura Creighton]

In a message of Mon, 01 Jun 2015 14:33:56 -0700, greenbay.graham at gmail.com writ
es:
>According to this https://docs.python.org/3.4/library/venv.html#module-venv 'Each virtual environment has its own Python binary (allowing creation of environments with various Python versions)' 
>So how would I create a virtual environment using the venv module that has a Python 2.7 binary?
>tia
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#If you haven't already got it
pip install virtualenv

#Then

cd where_I_want_to_work
virtualenv -p /usr/bin/python2.7 venv
source venv/bin/activate
pip install packages_i_need

# when you are done
deactivate

to get back to your system python.

Laura