Failed to create virtual environment in PyCharm

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I have problem with create virtual environment in PyCharm. Exactly, Python in version 3.10 was add to Path during installation and I use latest version PyCharm community.

Did anyone have a similar problem?

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Adding Informations

How I create environment :

  • file -> New project

  • Location : D:\mm\projekty\pythonProject2

  • marked New virtual environment using ( virtualenv)

  • Location : D:\mm\projekty\pythonProject2\venv

  • Base interpreter : C:\Users\mm\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\python.exe

  • In CMD:

    C:\Users\mm>python

Python 3.10.0 (tags/v3.10.0:b494f59, Oct  4 2021, 19:00:18) [MSC v.1929 64 bit (AMD64)] on win32
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14 Answers

I had the same problem. I needed to install package python3-venv.

user_11046820

In order to fix this, I had to run from my terminal:

pip install virtualenv

After installing the virtualenv package everything works as expected.

user_36500180

If you have python3-env already installed, the commands provided in most of the answers will not work as you need the python3-venv package specifically for Python 3.10

The exact package as pointed by @fabel in comments is python3.10-venv .

sudo apt install python3.10-venv

Run this command and it should be good to go.

user_118233310

In my case, I didn't have pip installed on my computer.

user_70866230
user_53472570

I attempted the previous answers and eventually found that I had to delete the venv folder and allow PyCharm to recreate it.

user_173715140

A possible reason could be not having the package virtualevn installed in your computer. I had the problem after reinstalling OS.

The following is valid for ubuntu OS with Python3 installed.

Check if the pip is installed after installing Python. Use the command sudo apt install python3-pip.

Once pip installed, install the package using pip3 install virtualenv. Then go back to Pycharm IDE settings to set up the venv.

user_32373700

I ran "pip install virtualenv" in the terminal, but after trying again it didn't work. I downloaded python 3.10 from python.org then because i had problems updating my python version from 3.9 to 3.10 on my computer, i decided to try to make a virtual environment in PyCharm, in my main project (my only one) I clicked "Add Interpreter..." then selected "Virtualenv environment" then set the location to "/home/myname/Documents/PyCharm/venvPy3.10" and then i set base interpreter to the one i downloaded by clicking on the three dots on the right of it then going to my downloads folder. I also selected both "Inherit global site-packages" and "Make available to all project" then clicked "OK". Then it gives me warning.

user_175262870

There is a bug in Windows venv, which is known to be exposed if you install a VisualStudio 2022 runtime. If PyCharm uses venv and not another virtual environment (not sure as I don't use PyCharm) s See if my issue/workaround in this Q&A aligns with yours.

Edit: I realize that you are using virtualenv instead. However, virtualenv uses venv.EnvBuilder so the issue could still be related.

user_45160270

if you don't have pip before install pip

sudo apt install python3-pip

press Ctrl + Alt + S

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then click settings button and select show all

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press Alt + Insert keys then

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Select Virtualenv Environment and check Inherit global site-packages

user_55736160

I had the same problem, but solved it by adding an interpreter manually.

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user_185166800

If someone is still not able to fix this then, create it manually.

  1. go in the dir that you want the venv in, then python3.10 -m venv <name of venv>
  2. source <name of venv>/bin/activate
  3. go in Python Interpeter settings and then select the location of the manually created venv in the 'existing environment'
user_84685100

I had same problem tried many things But I realized that Window Defender is blocking PyCharm to create virtual environment

Just go in Defender Settings and allow PyChram

user_176572610

I had same issue with following version.

pycharm - PyCharm 2022.1.3 (Community Edition) python - python 3.9

Once I changed interpreter version to python 3.10. It started working.

user_66334830
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