virtualenv venv not activating or creating the required folder

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I'm following the following guide to install virtualenv on my Windows 64bit machine : http://docs.python-guide.org/en/latest/dev/virtualenvs/

I have already installed virtualenv and virtualenvwrapper using pip. Now, it says under the basic usage topic to cd into my project folder and type 'virtualenv venv' that will create the folder venv.

But when I do this, my cmd cursor just moves on to the next line and continues to blink forever. enter image description here

Am I missing anything here?

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pythondjangopipvirtualenv
Did you press enter after virtualenv venv? – davejagoda
Yes I did. It's a screen shot so probably the cursors not appearing. – 221b
How long have you waited? What does virtualenv --version show? – davejagoda
Waited for more than 15 minutes. None of the virtualenv commands are returning anything, even --version. – 221b
How did you install virtualenv? What does pip list show? – davejagoda

1 Answers

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I've found a temporary fix for this, I'm using Python 2.7.9 along with virtualenv 13.1.2.

None of the normal virtualenv commands were returning anything, so I tried python -m <followed-by-the-desired-script> .

This worked, I could activate my virtual environment, but again, within the environment, pip install django did not work, so within the environment I ran : python -m pip install django that installed django in my virtual environment directory.

I don't know what the issue is, maybe its to do with the versions, or maybe with virtualenv's script itself. Hoping to find a proper solution for it soon.