Error when run: $ virtualenv --python=/usr/bin/python2.7 <path/to/new/project/> name_project

Question

I can't install virtualenv with python2.7 on Mac

Mac version:
High Sierra 10.13.6

$ python --version
Python 2.7.15

$ which virtualenv
/usr/local/bin/virtualenv

$ virtualenv --python=/usr/bin/python2.7 <path/to/new/project/> name_project
env: /Applications/djangostack-1.8.17-0/python/bin/python: No such file or directory

I search in directory folders and i have some pythons:

1 -> /usr/bin/python2.7
2 -> /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/bin/python2.7
3 -> /usr/local/bin/python2.7

I don't know how to fix the error. Help please and thanks in advance.

Answer 1

It looks like your virtualenv command has been installed by djangostack , whatever that is, and djangostack has been removed since, leaving a dangling command in your PATH.

Try which virtualenv to see what's actually being run.

You can also use python -m virtualenv --python ... to directly run your python interpreter's virtualenv module (providing it's installed); the results are exactly the same.