Virtualenv - workon command not found

Question

I followed these steps to set up virtualenv + virtualenvwrapper:

$ sudo apt-get install python3-pip

$ sudo pip3 install virtualenv
$ sudo pip3 install virtualenvwrapper

$ mkdir ~/.virtualenvs

$ export WORKON_HOME=~/.virtualenvs

$ VIRTUALENVWRAPPER_PYTHON='/usr/bin/python3'

$ source /usr/local/bin/virtualenvwrapper.sh

$ mkvirtualenv venv
$ virtualenv venv

So far it was working fine but I restarted the shell and then I tried workon venv and now it says: command not found

Wei

Answer 1

So far it was working fine but I restarted the shell

The reason is because you restarted the shell.

If you want this to work with each shell, you'll need to add these to your ~/.bashrc file:

export WORKON_HOME=~/.virtualenvs
VIRTUALENVWRAPPER_PYTHON='/usr/bin/python3'
source /usr/local/bin/virtualenvwrapper.sh

After adding this, you'll want to source ~/.bashrc so the changes take effect. You'll find that you have access to virtualenvwrapper facilities in each new shell.

Spiffing

You may have to add this to .bash_profile instead. – Pastorale

It works but I have to do source ~/.bashrc each time I open a new terminal window or label – Andrus

@JesusAlmaral-Hackaprende Did you read the comment right above yours? – Spiffing

Yes, what I had to do was instead of using ~/.bashrc I used ~/.zshrc, this is for Mac Big Sur – Andrus

From many virtualenvwrapper stack overflow Q & A-s this is the correct answer. Tank you. – Honaker

Answer 2

You need to add commands

export WORKON_HOME=~/.virtualenvs
VIRTUALENVWRAPPER_PYTHON='/usr/bin/python3'
source /usr/local/bin/virtualenvwrapper.sh

to your ~/.bashrc file. So that whenever you start shell these commands are loaded automatically.

For the reference.

Buckling