Unable to locate package virtualenv in ubuntu-13 on a virtual-machine

Question

When i try to run the command:

sudo apt-get install virtualenv

The error I get in response is:

E: Unable to locate package virtualenv

Sombrero

You need to install it with pip , if you haven't pip install with sudo apt-get install python-pip then do sudo pip install virtualenv – Sofia

have a look to this question askubuntu.com/questions/378558/… – Sofia

Now it is giving the same error for the first command you told. @KasraAD – Sombrero

if you are sure that you have execute the command correctly the problem is for your package manager ! so go to current link to correct it ! – Sofia

thanx very much. I will try and then come here – Sombrero

I am confused. One after every dependant gives an error of unable to locate for each proceeding file to be installed. What to do now, please. Thanx in advance. @KasraAD – Sombrero

Yess, if any one wants to have a look at ( installing virtualenv: a basis for the installation of ) django installation, please run this command when the shell opens up in Ubuntu: sudo apt-get install python-setuptools and then: sudo apt-get install python-easy_install virtualenv and then run the commands to simply start the instructions followed on the following link(starting from the section "Setting up a new environment"): django-rest-framework.org/tutorial/1-serialization – Sombrero

Answer 1

Try This :

sudo apt-get install software-properties-common
sudo apt-add-repository universe
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install virtualenv

Stricken

Answer 2

The Ubuntu package is called python-virtualenv, not "virtualenv".

Dodecahedron

if calling sudo apt-get install python-virtualenv you see an error Package python-virtualenv is not available than call sudo apt-get update firstly – Leeuwarden

Answer 3

It's also possible that you may not have run sudo apt-get update. It worked for me.

Recriminate

That turned out to be the issue for me as well. – Banbury

Answer 4

You need to add python before virtualenv because ubuntu package is python-virtualenv not virtualenv.

sudo apt-get install python-virtualenv

Mantellone

Package 'python-virtualenv' has no installation candidate – Loper

Answer 5

you can install it with this instruction :

curl -O https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/v/virtualenv/virtualenv-1.10.1.tar.gz
tar xvfz virtualenv-1.10.1.tar.gz
cd virtualenv-1.10.1
sudo python setup.py install

Explant

Thanks very much. It was really helpful – Sombrero

Answer 6

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install virtualenv

Jammie

Answer 7

Yess, if any one wants to have a look at ( installing virtualenv: a basis for the installation of ) django installation, please run this command when the shell opens up in Ubuntu:

sudo apt-get install python-setuptools
sudo apt-get install python-easy_install virtualenv

and then run the commands to simply start the instructions followed on the following link(starting from the section "Setting up a new environment"): http://www.django-rest-framework.org/tutorial/1-serialization/

Sombrero

Unable to locate package python-easy_install – Loper