Virtualenv – Python 3 – Ubuntu 14.04 64 bit

I had the same issue coming from development environments on OS X where I could create Python 3 virtual environments by simply invoking virtualenv and the path to the target directory. You should be able to create a Python 3.x virtual environment in one of two ways:

1. Install virtualenv from the PyPi as you’ve done ($ pip3 install virtualenv), then by calling it as a module from the command line:

   $ python3 -m virtualenv /path/to/directory

2. Use the venv module, which you can install through apt-get. (Note that Python 3.3 is when this module was introduced, so this answer assumes you’re working with at least that):

   $ sudo apt-get install python3.4-venv

   Then you can set up your virtual environment with

   $ pyvenv-3.4 /path/to/directory

   and activate the environment with

   $ source /path/to/directory/bin/activate

You might also look at this post, which discusses differences between the venv module and virtualenv. Best of luck!