"RuntimeError: failed to find interpreter for Builtin discover of python_spec='python3.11'" (Python 3.11 is installed) #2376
Description
Issue
I have installed Python 3.11 on a new Linux Mint installation via deadsnakes. When I run:
virtualenv env --python=python3.11
I get an error:
RuntimeError: failed to find interpreter for Builtin discover of python_spec='python3.11'
Virtualenv is able to locate and create a virtual environment for the system Python version.
Here are my Python versions:
> ls /usr/bin/python*
/usr/bin/python3 /usr/bin/python3.11 /usr/bin/python3.8-config
/usr/bin/python3.10 /usr/bin/python3.8 /usr/bin/python3-config
Environment
Provide at least:
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OS: Linux Mint 20.3.
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pip listof the host python wherevirtualenvis installed:
Package Version
appdirs 1.4.3
apt-clone 0.2.1
apturl 0.5.2
astroid 2.11.6
beautifulsoup4 4.8.2
blinker 1.4
blis 0.7.8
Brlapi 0.7.0
catalogue 2.0.7
certifi 2019.11.28
chardet 3.0.4
click 8.1.3
colorama 0.4.3
command-not-found 0.3
configobj 5.0.6
cryptography 2.8
cupshelpers 1.0
cymem 2.0.6
dbus-python 1.2.16
defer 1.0.6
dill 0.3.5.1
distlib 0.3.4
distro 1.4.0
entrypoints 0.3
filelock 3.7.1
grpcio 1.16.1
httplib2 0.14.0
idna 2.8
ifaddr 0.1.6
IMDbPY 6.8
importlib-metadata 1.5.0
isort 5.10.1
Jinja2 3.1.2
keyring 18.0.1
langcodes 3.3.0
launchpadlib 1.10.13
lazr.restfulclient 0.14.2
lazr.uri 1.0.3
lazy-object-proxy 1.7.1
louis 3.12.0
macaroonbakery 1.3.1
Mako 1.1.0
MarkupSafe 2.1.1
mccabe 0.7.0
more-itertools 4.2.0
murmurhash 1.0.7
nemo-emblems 5.2.0
netaddr 0.7.19
netifaces 0.10.4
numpy 1.23.0
oauthlib 3.1.0
onboard 1.4.1
packaging 20.3
PAM 0.4.2
pathy 0.6.2
pexpect 4.6.0
Pillow 7.0.0
pip 22.1.2
pipenv 2022.7.4
platformdirs 2.5.2
preshed 3.0.6
protobuf 3.6.1
psutil 5.5.1
pycairo 1.16.2
pycrypto 2.6.1
pycups 1.9.73
pycurl 7.43.0.2
pydantic 1.8.2
PyGObject 3.36.0
PyICU 2.4.2
pyinotify 0.9.6
PyJWT 1.7.1
pylint 2.14.4
pymacaroons 0.13.0
PyNaCl 1.3.0
pyparsing 2.4.6
pyparted 3.11.2
pyRFC3339 1.1
python-apt 2.0.0+ubuntu0.20.4.7
python-debian 0.1.36ubuntu1
python-magic 0.4.16
python-xapp 2.2.1
python-xlib 0.23
pytz 2019.3
pyxdg 0.26
PyYAML 5.3.1
reportlab 3.5.34
requests 2.22.0
requests-file 1.4.3
requests-unixsocket 0.2.0
SecretStorage 2.3.1
setproctitle 1.1.10
setuptools 45.2.0
simplejson 3.16.0
six 1.14.0
smart-open 5.2.1
soupsieve 1.9.5
spacy 3.3.1
spacy-legacy 3.0.9
spacy-loggers 1.0.2
srsly 2.4.3
systemd-python 234
thinc 8.0.17
tinycss2 1.0.2
tldextract 2.2.1
tomli 2.0.1
tomlkit 0.11.1
tqdm 4.64.0
typer 0.4.2
typing_extensions 4.3.0
ubuntu-drivers-common 0.0.0
ufw 0.36
Unidecode 1.1.1
urllib3 1.25.8
virtualenv 20.0.17
virtualenv-clone 0.5.7
wadllib 1.3.3
wasabi 0.9.1
webencodings 0.5.1
wheel 0.34.2
wrapt 1.14.1
xkit 0.0.0
xlrd 1.1.0
youtube-dl 2021.4.26
zipp 1.0.0
**Output of the virtual environment creation**
Make sure to run the creation with `-vvv --with-traceback`:
```console
> virtualenv env --python=python3.11 -vvv --with-traceback
14 setup logging to NOTSET [DEBUG report:43]
25 find interpreter for spec PythonSpec(implementation=CPython, major=3, minor=11) [INFO builtin:44]
25 proposed PythonInfo(spec=CPython3.8.10.final.0-64, exe=/usr/bin/python3, platform=linux, version='3.8.10 (default, Mar 15 2022, 12:22:08) \n[GCC 9.4.0]', encoding_fs_io=utf-8-utf-8) [INFO builtin:50]
25 discover PATH[0]=/home/user/.local/bin [DEBUG builtin:84]
33 filesystem is case-sensitive [DEBUG info:28]
33 discover PATH[1]=/usr/local/sbin [DEBUG builtin:84]
33 discover PATH[2]=/usr/local/bin [DEBUG builtin:84]
34 discover PATH[3]=/usr/sbin [DEBUG builtin:84]
34 discover PATH[4]=/usr/bin [DEBUG builtin:84]
34 Attempting to acquire lock 140612371409888 on /home/user/.local/share/virtualenv/py_info/20.0.17/ca3ed784184f1b3bb7c3539bfb45e71710cd27667424f92c2d5bb4df9c107c23.lock [DEBUG _api:172]
34 Lock 140612371409888 acquired on /home/user/.local/share/virtualenv/py_info/20.0.17/ca3ed784184f1b3bb7c3539bfb45e71710cd27667424f92c2d5bb4df9c107c23.lock [DEBUG _api:176]
34 get interpreter info via cmd: /usr/bin/python3.11 /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/virtualenv/discovery/py_info.py [DEBUG cached_py_info:108]
61 Attempting to release lock 140612371409888 on /home/user/.local/share/virtualenv/py_info/20.0.17/ca3ed784184f1b3bb7c3539bfb45e71710cd27667424f92c2d5bb4df9c107c23.lock [DEBUG _api:209]
61 Lock 140612371409888 released on /home/user/.local/share/virtualenv/py_info/20.0.17/ca3ed784184f1b3bb7c3539bfb45e71710cd27667424f92c2d5bb4df9c107c23.lock [DEBUG _api:212]
61 failed to query /usr/bin/python3.11 with code 1 err: '/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/virtualenv/discovery/py_info.py:16: DeprecationWarning: The distutils package is deprecated and slated for removal in Python 3.12. Use setuptools or check PEP 632 for potential alternatives\n from distutils.command.install import SCHEME_KEYS\nTraceback (most recent call last):\n File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/virtualenv/discovery/py_info.py", line 16, in <module>\n from distutils.command.install import SCHEME_KEYS\n ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^\nModuleNotFoundError: No module named \'distutils.command\'\n' [INFO cached_py_info:37]
61 discover PATH[5]=/sbin [DEBUG builtin:84]
61 discover PATH[6]=/bin [DEBUG builtin:84]
61 Attempting to acquire lock 140612371408688 on /home/user/.local/share/virtualenv/py_info/20.0.17/ead1b95f633dc9c51826328e1846203f51a198c6fb5f2884a80417ba131d4e82.lock [DEBUG _api:172]
61 Lock 140612371408688 acquired on /home/user/.local/share/virtualenv/py_info/20.0.17/ead1b95f633dc9c51826328e1846203f51a198c6fb5f2884a80417ba131d4e82.lock [DEBUG _api:176]
61 get interpreter info via cmd: /bin/python3.11 /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/virtualenv/discovery/py_info.py [DEBUG cached_py_info:108]
86 Attempting to release lock 140612371408688 on /home/user/.local/share/virtualenv/py_info/20.0.17/ead1b95f633dc9c51826328e1846203f51a198c6fb5f2884a80417ba131d4e82.lock [DEBUG _api:209]
86 Lock 140612371408688 released on /home/user/.local/share/virtualenv/py_info/20.0.17/ead1b95f633dc9c51826328e1846203f51a198c6fb5f2884a80417ba131d4e82.lock [DEBUG _api:212]
86 failed to query /bin/python3.11 with code 1 err: '/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/virtualenv/discovery/py_info.py:16: DeprecationWarning: The distutils package is deprecated and slated for removal in Python 3.12. Use setuptools or check PEP 632 for potential alternatives\n from distutils.command.install import SCHEME_KEYS\nTraceback (most recent call last):\n File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/virtualenv/discovery/py_info.py", line 16, in <module>\n from distutils.command.install import SCHEME_KEYS\n ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^\nModuleNotFoundError: No module named \'distutils.command\'\n' [INFO cached_py_info:37]
86 Attempting to acquire lock 140612371407632 on /home/user/.local/share/virtualenv/py_info/20.0.17/916dbcbb3f70747c44a77c7bcd40155683ae19c65e1c03b4aa3499c5328201f1.lock [DEBUG _api:172]
87 Lock 140612371407632 acquired on /home/user/.local/share/virtualenv/py_info/20.0.17/916dbcbb3f70747c44a77c7bcd40155683ae19c65e1c03b4aa3499c5328201f1.lock [DEBUG _api:176]
87 get PythonInfo from /home/user/.local/share/virtualenv/py_info/20.0.17/916dbcbb3f70747c44a77c7bcd40155683ae19c65e1c03b4aa3499c5328201f1.json for /bin/python3 [DEBUG cached_py_info:79]
87 Attempting to release lock 140612371407632 on /home/user/.local/share/virtualenv/py_info/20.0.17/916dbcbb3f70747c44a77c7bcd40155683ae19c65e1c03b4aa3499c5328201f1.lock [DEBUG _api:209]
87 Lock 140612371407632 released on /home/user/.local/share/virtualenv/py_info/20.0.17/916dbcbb3f70747c44a77c7bcd40155683ae19c65e1c03b4aa3499c5328201f1.lock [DEBUG _api:212]
87 proposed PathPythonInfo(spec=CPython3.8.10.final.0-64, exe=/bin/python3, platform=linux, version='3.8.10 (default, Mar 15 2022, 12:22:08) \n[GCC 9.4.0]', encoding_fs_io=utf-8-utf-8) [INFO builtin:50]
87 discover PATH[7]=/usr/games [DEBUG builtin:84]
87 discover PATH[8]=/usr/local/games [DEBUG builtin:84]
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/virtualenv", line 11, in <module>
load_entry_point('virtualenv==20.0.17', 'console_scripts', 'virtualenv')()
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/virtualenv/__main__.py", line 51, in run_with_catch
run(args, options)
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/virtualenv/__main__.py", line 20, in run
session = cli_run(args, options)
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/virtualenv/run/__init__.py", line 27, in cli_run
session = session_via_cli(args, options)
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/virtualenv/run/__init__.py", line 35, in session_via_cli
parser = build_parser(args, options)
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/virtualenv/run/__init__.py", line 73, in build_parser
raise RuntimeError("failed to find interpreter for {}".format(discover))
RuntimeError: failed to find interpreter for Builtin discover of python_spec='python3.11'
Error in sys.excepthook:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apport_python_hook.py", line 153, in apport_excepthook
with os.fdopen(os.open(pr_filename,
FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/var/crash/_usr_bin_virtualenv.1000.crash'
Original exception was:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/virtualenv", line 11, in <module>
load_entry_point('virtualenv==20.0.17', 'console_scripts', 'virtualenv')()
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/virtualenv/__main__.py", line 51, in run_with_catch
run(args, options)
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/virtualenv/__main__.py", line 20, in run
session = cli_run(args, options)
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/virtualenv/run/__init__.py", line 27, in cli_run
session = session_via_cli(args, options)
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/virtualenv/run/__init__.py", line 35, in session_via_cli
parser = build_parser(args, options)
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/virtualenv/run/__init__.py", line 73, in build_parser
raise RuntimeError("failed to find interpreter for {}".format(discover))
RuntimeError: failed to find interpreter for Builtin discover of python_spec='python3.11'
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