Pipenv will not create a virtual environment for Python 3.8, but will for 3.7 #3996

jamesliudotcc · 2019-10-20T22:06:20Z

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Issue description

When I try to create a pipenv virtual environment with Python 3.8, it fails, with the error message, ModuleNotFoundError: No module name 'distutils.spawn'

Here is the full context:

➜ pipenv --python 3.8                   
Creating a virtualenv for this project…
Pipfile: /home/james/learning/cs-python/Pipfile
Using /usr/bin/python3.8 (3.8.0) to create virtualenv…
⠙ Creating virtual environment...Running virtualenv with interpreter /usr/bin/python3.8

✘ Failed creating virtual environment 
[pipenv.exceptions.VirtualenvCreationException]:   File "/home/james/.local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pipenv/vendor/click/decorators.py", line 17, in new_func
[pipenv.exceptions.VirtualenvCreationException]:       return f(get_current_context(), *args, **kwargs)
[pipenv.exceptions.VirtualenvCreationException]:   File "/home/james/.local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pipenv/cli/command.py", line 208, in cli
[pipenv.exceptions.VirtualenvCreationException]:       clear=state.clear,
[pipenv.exceptions.VirtualenvCreationException]:   File "/home/james/.local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pipenv/core.py", line 574, in ensure_project
[pipenv.exceptions.VirtualenvCreationException]:       pypi_mirror=pypi_mirror,
[pipenv.exceptions.VirtualenvCreationException]:   File "/home/james/.local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pipenv/core.py", line 506, in ensure_virtualenv
[pipenv.exceptions.VirtualenvCreationException]:       python=python, site_packages=site_packages, pypi_mirror=pypi_mirror
[pipenv.exceptions.VirtualenvCreationException]:   File "/home/james/.local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pipenv/core.py", line 935, in do_create_virtualenv
[pipenv.exceptions.VirtualenvCreationException]:       extra=[crayons.blue("{0}".format(c.err)),]
[pipenv.exceptions.VirtualenvCreationException]: Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/james/.local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/virtualenv.py", line 24, in <module>
    import distutils.spawn
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'distutils.spawn'

Failed to create virtual environment.

When I run `pipenv --python 3.8`, it works!

Expected result

The virtual environment should be created correctly.

When possible, provide the verbose output (--verbose), especially for locking and dependencies resolving issues.

Steps to replicate

Provide the steps to replicate (which usually at least includes the commands and the Pipfile).

Please run $ pipenv --support, and paste the results here. Don't put backticks (`) around it! The output already contains Markdown formatting.

$ pipenv --support

Pipenv version: '2018.11.26'

Pipenv location: '/home/james/.local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pipenv'

Python location: '/usr/bin/python3'

Python installations found:

3.8.0: /usr/bin/python3.8
3.7.5: /usr/bin/python3.7
3.7.5: /usr/bin/python3.7m
3.6.8: /usr/bin/python3
3.6.8: /usr/bin/python3.6m
2.7.15: /usr/bin/python

PEP 508 Information:

{'implementation_name': 'cpython',
 'implementation_version': '3.6.8',
 'os_name': 'posix',
 'platform_machine': 'x86_64',
 'platform_python_implementation': 'CPython',
 'platform_release': '5.0.0-29-generic',
 'platform_system': 'Linux',
 'platform_version': '#31~18.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Thu Sep 12 18:29:21 UTC 2019',
 'python_full_version': '3.6.8',
 'python_version': '3.6',
 'sys_platform': 'linux'}

System environment variables:

XDG_SEAT
XDG_SESSION_ID
WINDOWPATH
LC_IDENTIFICATION
DISPLAY
GJS_DEBUG_TOPICS
COLORTERM
GNOME_TERMINAL_SERVICE
GNOME_DESKTOP_SESSION_ID
DEFAULTS_PATH
LOGNAME
TEXTDOMAIN
LC_TIME
SHELL
PAPERSIZE
PATH
LC_NUMERIC
LC_PAPER
IM_CONFIG_PHASE
TEXTDOMAINDIR
CLUTTER_IM_MODULE
QT4_IM_MODULE
XMODIFIERS
XDG_MENU_PREFIX
GNOME_SHELL_SESSION_MODE
XAUTHORITY
XDG_SESSION_DESKTOP
GDMSESSION
QT_IM_MODULE
SSH_AUTH_SOCK
LC_ADDRESS
LC_MEASUREMENT
XDG_CONFIG_DIRS
MANDATORY_PATH
USERNAME
DESKTOP_SESSION
XDG_RUNTIME_DIR
GTK_IM_MODULE
USER
GTK_MODULES
PWD
VTE_VERSION
LC_MONETARY
HOME
QT_ACCESSIBILITY
SSH_AGENT_PID
XDG_DATA_DIRS
LANGUAGE
LANG
LC_NAME
GNOME_TERMINAL_SCREEN
GPG_AGENT_INFO
SHLVL
GJS_DEBUG_OUTPUT
XDG_VTNR
XDG_SESSION_TYPE
DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS
XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP
TERM
SESSION_MANAGER
LC_TELEPHONE
OLDPWD
LS_COLORS
SPACESHIP_VERSION
SPACESHIP_ROOT
NVM_DIR
NVM_CD_FLAGS
NVM_BIN
EDITOR
_
PIP_DISABLE_PIP_VERSION_CHECK
PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE
PIP_SHIMS_BASE_MODULE
PIP_PYTHON_PATH
PYTHONFINDER_IGNORE_UNSUPPORTED

Pipenv–specific environment variables:

Debug–specific environment variables:

PATH: /home/james/.local/bin:/home/james/.nvm/versions/node/v12.9.0/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/games:/snap/bin:/usr/lib/cuda/bin:/snap/bin
SHELL: /usr/bin/zsh
EDITOR: emacs -nw
LANG: en_US.UTF-8
PWD: /home/james/learning/cs-python

Contents of Pipfile ('/home/james/learning/cs-python/Pipfile'):

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frostming · 2019-10-22T04:12:39Z

It seems like an issue of virtualenv, if you can confirm it by using virtualenv directly

thianda91 · 2019-10-22T08:57:42Z

$ pipenv --support

Pipenv version: '2018.11.26'

Pipenv location: 'e:\program files\python38\lib\site-packages\pipenv'

Python location: 'e:\program files\python38\python.exe'

Python installations found:

3.8.0: E:\Program Files\Python38\python.exe

PEP 508 Information:

{'implementation_name': 'cpython',
 'implementation_version': '3.8.0',
 'os_name': 'nt',
 'platform_machine': 'AMD64',
 'platform_python_implementation': 'CPython',
 'platform_release': '7',
 'platform_system': 'Windows',
 'platform_version': '6.1.7601',
 'python_full_version': '3.8.0',
 'python_version': '3.8',
 'sys_platform': 'win32'}

System environment variables:

ACLOCAL_PATH
ALLUSERSPROFILE
APPDATA
CLASSPATH
COMMONPROGRAMFILES
COMPUTERNAME
COMSPEC
CONFIG_SITE
COMMONPROGRAMFILES(X86)
COMMONPROGRAMW6432
DISPLAY
EXEPATH
FP_NO_HOST_CHECK
HOME
HOMEDRIVE
HOMEPATH
HOSTNAME
INFOPATH
JAVA_HOME
LANG
LOCALAPPDATA
LOGONSERVER
MANPATH
MINGW_CHOST
MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX
MINGW_PREFIX
MSYSTEM
MSYSTEM_CARCH
MSYSTEM_CHOST
MSYSTEM_PREFIX
NUMBER_OF_PROCESSORS
ORIGINAL_PATH
ORIGINAL_TEMP
ORIGINAL_TMP
OS
ONEDRIVE
PATH
PATHEXT
PKG_CONFIG_PATH
PLINK_PROTOCOL
PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE
PROCESSOR_IDENTIFIER
PROCESSOR_LEVEL
PROCESSOR_REVISION
PROGRAMFILES
PS1
PSMODULEPATH
PUBLIC
PWD
PROGRAMDATA
PROGRAMFILES(X86)
PROGRAMW6432
SESSIONNAME
SHELL
SHLVL
SSH_AGENT_PID
SSH_ASKPASS
SSH_AUTH_SOCK
SYSTEMDRIVE
SYSTEMROOT
TEMP
TERM
TMP
TMPDIR
USERDOMAIN
USERNAME
USERPROFILE
WINDIR
_
HTTP_PROXY
HTTPS_PROXY
WINDOWS_TRACING_FLAGS
WINDOWS_TRACING_LOGFILE
PIP_DISABLE_PIP_VERSION_CHECK
PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE
PIP_SHIMS_BASE_MODULE
PIP_PYTHON_PATH
PYTHONFINDER_IGNORE_UNSUPPORTED

Pipenv每specific environment variables:

Debug每specific environment variables:

PATH: D:\home\bin;D:\Git\mingw64\bin;D:\Git\usr\local\bin;D:\Git\usr\bin;D:\Git\usr\bin;D:\Git\mingw64\bin;D:\Git\usr\bin;D:\home\bin;E:\Program Files\Python38\Scripts;E:\Program Files\Python38;E:\Program Files\Python37\Scripts;E:\Program Files\Python37;C:\Program Files (x86)\Intel\iCLS Client;C:\Program Files\Intel\iCLS Client;C:\Windows\system32;C:\Windows;C:\Windows\System32\Wbem;C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0;C:\Program Files\Intel\Intel(R) Management Engine Components\DAL;C:\Program Files\Intel\Intel(R) Management Engine Components\IPT;C:\Program Files (x86)\Intel\Intel(R) Management Engine Components\DAL;C:\Program Files (x86)\Intel\Intel(R) Management Engine Components\IPT;D:\Program Files\nodejs;D:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_73\bin;C:\Program Files (x86)\AMD\ATI.ACE\Core-Static;C:\Program Files (x86)\NVIDIA Corporation\PhysX\Common;D:\Git\cmd;D:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\bin;D:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\bin;D:\Git\usr\bin\vendor_perl;D:\Git\usr\bin\core_perl
SHELL: D:\Git\usr\bin\bash.exe
LANG: C.GBK@cjknarrow
PWD: D:/home

jamesliudotcc · 2019-10-23T03:46:23Z

@frostming Yes, confirm.

It looks like somebody else has commented on this issue also looking for help, so I will not close the the issue. But I am ok. Thanks for your help!

aflmp · 2020-01-22T01:03:30Z

From Issue-729
using environment variable python_full_version with value 3.8.1 fixed pipenv to create virtualenv using 3.8.1 and not 3.7

zhanwenchen · 2020-01-28T16:53:55Z

@aflmp I tried python_full_version=3.8.1 pipenv install and PYTHON_FULL_VERSION=3.8.1 pipenv install. Neither worked.

walterdolce · 2020-04-21T10:59:23Z

Same here. Using both python_full_version + pipenv --rm && pipenv install and pipenv is not installing the version of Python specified.

divyampandey · 2020-05-18T06:05:32Z

I am facing the same issue but little bit different.

C:\Users\DP250369\PycharmProjects\towards_flask>pipenv install Flask
Creating a virtualenv for this project…
Pipfile: C:\Users\DP250369\PycharmProjects\towards_flask\Pipfile
Using c:\users\dp250369\appdata\local\programs\python\python38\python.exe (3.8.1) to create virtualenv…
[ ==] Creating virtual environment...OSError: [WinError 123] The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect: 'C:\Users\DP250369\PycharmProjects\towards_flask\search-ms:displayname=Search%20Results%20in%20OS%20(C%3A)&crumb=location:C%3A%5C\Python 3.7'

Can anyone help.

divyampandey · 2020-05-18T06:07:17Z

`C:\Users\DP250369\PycharmProjects\towards_flask>python -m pipenv.help

$ pipenv --support

Pipenv version: '2018.11.26'

Pipenv location: 'C:\\Users\\DP250369\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\Python\\Python38\\lib\\site-packages\\pipenv'

Python location: 'C:\\Users\\DP250369\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\Python\\Python38\\python.exe'

Python installations found:

3.8.1: C:\Users\DP250369\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38\python.exe

PEP 508 Information:

{'implementation_name': 'cpython',
 'implementation_version': '3.8.1',
 'os_name': 'nt',
 'platform_machine': 'AMD64',
 'platform_python_implementation': 'CPython',
 'platform_release': '10',
 'platform_system': 'Windows',
 'platform_version': '10.0.17134',
 'python_full_version': '3.8.1',
 'python_version': '3.8',
 'sys_platform': 'win32'}

System environment variables:

PYSPARK_DRIVER_PYTHON
ALLUSERSPROFILE
APPDATA
COMMONPROGRAMFILES
COMMONPROGRAMFILES(X86)
COMMONPROGRAMW6432
COMPUTERNAME
COMSPEC
DATACONNECTORLIBPATH
DEFLOGDIR
DRIVERDATA
FSHARPINSTALLDIR
HOMEDRIVE
HOMEPATH
INFA_TRUSTSTORE
JAVA_HOME
LOCALAPPDATA
LOGONSERVER
NUMBER_OF_PROCESSORS
ONEDRIVE
OS
PATH
PATHEXT
PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE
PROCESSOR_IDENTIFIER
PROCESSOR_LEVEL
PROCESSOR_REVISION
PROGRAMDATA
PROGRAMFILES
PROGRAMFILES(X86)
PROGRAMW6432
PROMPT
PSMODULEPATH
PUBLIC
PYSPARK_DRIVER_PYTHON_OPTS
PYSPARK_PYTHON
PYTHONPATH
SYSTEMDRIVE
SYSTEMROOT
TEMP
TEST
TMP
UATDATA
USERDNSDOMAIN
USERDOMAIN
USERDOMAIN_ROAMINGPROFILE
USERNAME
USERPROFILE
WINDIR
PIP_DISABLE_PIP_VERSION_CHECK
PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE
PIP_SHIMS_BASE_MODULE
PIP_PYTHON_PATH
PYTHONFINDER_IGNORE_UNSUPPORTED

Pipenv–specific environment variables:

Debug–specific environment variables:

PATH: C:\Informatica\PowerExchange10.4.0;C:\Informatica\PowerExchange10.4.0\bin32;C:\Informatica\10.4.0\clients\tools\datadirect;C:\Informatica\10.4.0\clients\tools\datadirect;C:\Informatica\10.4.0\clients\tools\odbcdrv;C:\Informatica\10.4.0\clients\tools\jdbcdrv;C:\Informatica\10.4.0\clients\tools\sharedlibs;C:\Informatica\PowerExchange10.2.0;C:\Informatica\PowerExchange10.2.0\bin32;C:\Informatica\10.2.0\clients\tools\datadirect;C:\Informatica\10.2.0\clients\tools\odbcdrv;C:\Informatica\10.2.0\clients\tools\jdbcdrv;C:\Informatica\10.2.0\clients\tools\sharedlibs;C:\sparkproject\spark\bin;C:\Program Files (x86)\Gow\bin;C:\Users\DP250369\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38\Scripts\;C:\Users\DP250369\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38\;C:\Users\DP250369\AppData\Local\atom\bin;C:\Users\DP250369\AppData\Local\Programs\Git\cmd

Contents of Pipfile ('C:\Users\DP250369\PycharmProjects\towards_flask\Pipfile'):

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notconfusing · 2020-09-24T23:47:00Z

apt install python3.8 made this work for me, when snap install python3.8 didn't.

matteius · 2022-08-22T02:31:44Z

Can this be rechecked with pipenv==2022.8.19?

vasiliy-kotov · 2024-05-03T18:02:47Z

I was displaying the message: "Failed to create virtual environment" . The reason was in the terminal settings in VS Code. It was necessary to click restart in the terminal window and the virtual environment started working.

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An conflict at installation EveGroup/EveHolder#84

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Pipenv will not create a virtual environment for Python 3.8, but will for 3.7 #3996

Pipenv will not create a virtual environment for Python 3.8, but will for 3.7 #3996

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Pipenv will not create a virtual environment for Python 3.8, but will for 3.7 #3996

Pipenv will not create a virtual environment for Python 3.8, but will for 3.7 #3996

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jamesliudotcc commented Oct 20, 2019

Issue description

Expected result

Steps to replicate

frostming commented Oct 22, 2019

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