/usr/bin/python: No module named virtualenvwrapper

[jiahui-z]

When I open the terminal, it will always show the following error message:

If Python could not import the module virtualenvwrapper.hook_loader,
check that virtualenvwrapper has been installed for
VIRTUALENVWRAPPER_PYTHON=/usr/bin/python and that PATH is
set properly.
-bash: declare: -A: invalid option
declare: usage: declare [-afFirtx] [-p] [name[=value] ...]
-bash: complete: -D: invalid option
complete: usage: complete [-abcdefgjksuv] [-pr] [-o option] [-A action] [-G globpat] [-W wordlist] [-P prefix] [-S suffix] [-X filterpat] [-F function] [-C command] [name ...]
-bash: /Users/zjh/.venvburrito/bin/virtualenvwrapper.sh: No such file or directory
/usr/bin/python: No module named virtualenvwrapper
virtualenvwrapper.sh: There was a problem running the initialization hooks.

The post on StackOverflow doesn't help. Could you please help me solve this problem? Thanks!

[polyglotdev]

I was running into the same issues and so I just installed anaconda and used conda's virtual environment to compensate. I had spent 3 hours on both virtualenv and virtualwrapper to no avail. Something is happening with PATH and even after I change it in my .zshrc and source the window, I still get the same problem(on mac). My suggestion until its addressed is conda just so you aren't messing with your system python. I know there are alot of people that feel that it's a "noob" move to use conda, but I am not too proud to admit I don't know how to fix something.

[baccione]

This editing of my .bashrc solved this issue to me (note, I am using python3 (which is a symbolic link to python3.6 in my system) in VIRTUALENVWRAPPER_PYTHON - with /usr/bin/python (earlier python version) throws the error above also for me).

if [ -f ~/.local/bin/virtualenvwrapper.sh ] ; then
export WORKON_HOME=~/.virtualenvs
export VIRTUALENVWRAPPER_PYTHON=/usr/bin/python3
export VIRTUALENVWRAPPER_VIRTUALENV=~ /.local/bin/virtualenv
source ~/.local/bin/virtualenvwrapper.sh
fi

[swankalot]

baccione, thank you.
My error was similar to Jiahui-z (could not import the module virtualenvwrapper.hook_loader. check that virtualenvwrapper has been installed for
VIRTUALENVWRAPPER_PYTHON=/usr/bin/python and that PATH is
set properly.)
baccione's fix follows the instructions given here:
https://virtualenvwrapper.readthedocs.io/en/latest/install.html#python-interpreter-virtualenv-and-path
but changes this:
export VIRTUALENVWRAPPER_PYTHON=/usr/local/bin/python
to this:
export VIRTUALENVWRAPPER_PYTHON=/usr/bin/python3

[skiwheelr]

This editing of my .bashrc solved this issue to me (note, I am using python3 (which is a symbolic link to python3.6 in my system) in VIRTUALENVWRAPPER_PYTHON - with /usr/bin/python (earlier python version) throws the error above also for me).

if [ -f /.local/bin/virtualenvwrapper.sh ] ; then
export WORKON_HOME=/.virtualenvs
export VIRTUALENVWRAPPER_PYTHON=/usr/bin/python3
export VIRTUALENVWRAPPER_VIRTUALENV=~ /.local/bin/virtualenv
source ~/.local/bin/virtualenvwrapper.sh
fi

this did not work

[carlasplund]

Remove the space in "export VIRTUALENVWRAPPER_VIRTUALENV=~ /.local/bin/virtualenv".

[xrybrsx]

I had the same issue. The following worked for me:
I tried "$ which python3" and "$ which virtualenvwrapper.sh" and just modified the bash source file accordingly.
This is my ~./bash_profile file:

export WORKON_HOME=$HOME/.virtualenvs
export VIRTUALENVWRAPPER_VIRTUALENV_ARGS=' -p /Library/Frameworks/Pyhton.framework/Versions/3.8/bin/python3 '
export VIRTUALENVWRAPPER_PYTHON=/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.8/bin/python3
export PROJECT_HOME=$HOME/blog
source /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.8/bin/virtualenvwrapper.sh
PATH="/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.8/bin:${PATH}"
export PATH

Hope it helps.