Virtualenv looks at system site packages (Ubuntu 16.04)

[kunaltyagi]

I'm not sure if it is an issue with pip or virtualenv, I've noticed it with pip only. Managed to reproduce it everytime by $ sudo apt install python-pip. Shouldn't local packages be given more priority?

(py2)$ which pip
/home/kunal/py2/bin/pip
(py2)$ pip --version
pip 8.1.1 from /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages (python 2.7)
(py2)$ sudo apt remove python-pip
(py2)$ which pip
/home/kunal/py2/bin/pip
(py2)$ pip --version
pip 9.0.1 from /home/kunal/py2/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages (python 2.7)
(py2)$ virtualenv --version
15.0.1
$ uname -a
Linux alien 4.4.0-53-generic #74-Ubuntu SMP Fri Dec 2 15:59:10 UTC 2016 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

PS: Ignore the time (it's a dual boot fresh install system)

[yan12125]

Could you remove this line from virtualenv.py:

fix_local_scheme(home_dir, symlink)

And try again? (create a new virtual env, pip ...)

Ref: #118

[kunaltyagi]

Thanks. This solves the issue.

Is this the official fix? When is this coming as a part of ubuntu package?

[yan12125]

Is this the official fix?

Nope. That's just my guess. I don't know the actual cause, either.

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