How To Install Virtualenv On Ubuntu 20.04 GCP Instance?

I am trying to install python3 virtualenv. I get the following message when I try to run virtualenv. virtualenv Command 'virtualenv' not found, but can be installed with: apt insta

Solution 1:

AFAIU the latest versions of Ubuntu removed Python2 altogether so Python3 is now just the Python. Try:

apt-get update
apt-get install python3-virtualenv

Solution 2:

try type in terminal:

sudo apt-get install python3.8-venv

and then try again install virtualenv

Solution 3:

The below is very similar to the answer by phd, but my freshly installed Ubuntu 20.04 still requires the python version number:

apt-get update
apt-get install python3-virtualenv

Solution 4:

This will definitely work:

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install python3-virtualenv

Solution 5:

I was getting the error E: Unable to locate package python3-virtualenv because I had to run apt-get update first. This was my brand new GCP instance.

Reference: first comment of the first answer in this thread. Unable to locate package virtualenv in ubuntu-13 on a virtual-machine

Thank you all.