Error When Creating venv

When creating a virtual environment in Python, you might encounter the following error:

python -m venv venv

Error: Command '['/home/ubuntu/venv/bin/python', '-m', 'ensurepip', '--upgrade', '--default-pip']' returned non-zero exit status 1.

This error typically occurs when the ensurepip module fails to install pip in the virtual environment.

Resolution

Check your Python version

python --version # e.g., 3.13.1

Install the venv package for your Python version

Replace 3.13 with your actual Python version:

sudo apt install python3.13-venv

Create the virtual environment

python3.13 -m venv myenv

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