Using a particular python binary with venv

greenbay.graham at gmail.com greenbay.graham at gmail.com
Mon Jun 1 18:07:25 EDT 2015


On Tuesday, 2 June 2015 09:43:37 UTC+12, Carl Meyer  wrote:
> On 06/01/2015 03:33 PM, orotau wrote:
> > 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?
> 
> You can't. The venv module only exists in and supports Python 3.3+.
> 
> If you need to support earlier Django versions, you'll need to use the
> older "virtualenv" library instead, which looks very similar from the
> end-user side. See https://virtualenv.pypa.io/en/latest/
> 
> Carl

Thanks Carl
I am guessing that the documentation needs to be altered then. I will submit a documentation bug...
cheers
g



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