On Ubuntu 22.04 when the python3-venv package is not installed:
Importing the venv module will succeed.
Running python3 -m venv --help will output help.
Running python3 -m venv $VENV_DIR fails with the following output:
$ python3 -m venv $VENV_DIR
The virtual environment was not created successfully because ensurepip is not
available. On Debian/Ubuntu systems, you need to install the python3-venv
package using the following command.
apt install python3.10-venv
You may need to use sudo with that command. After installing the python3-venv
package, recreate your virtual environment.
Failing command: /root/venv/bin/python3
When running in a rootless environment installing the python3-venv package is not tenable. However, the virtualenv package can be installed via pip in the users home directory.
This patch checks the result of python3 -m venv $VENV_DIR, if that fails then it will fallback to calling python3 -m virtualenv $VENV_DIR instead.
On Ubuntu 22.04 when the
python3-venvpackage is not installed:venvmodule will succeed.python3 -m venv --helpwill output help.python3 -m venv $VENV_DIRfails with the following output:When running in a rootless environment installing the
python3-venvpackage is not tenable. However, thevirtualenvpackage can be installed viapipin the users home directory.This patch checks the result of
python3 -m venv $VENV_DIR, if that fails then it will fallback to callingpython3 -m virtualenv $VENV_DIRinstead.