use virtualenv instead of python -m venv for ubuntu installation #853
Description
I don't have sudo access on ubuntu 20.04 and i try to use pipx to setup some tools for me, e.g., pipx install poetry.
However, I got error
The virtual environment was not created successfully because ensurepip is not
available. On Debian/Ubuntu systems, you need to install the python3-venv
package using the following command.
apt install python3.8-venv
You may need to use sudo with that command. After installing the python3-venv
package, recreate your virtual environment.
Failing command: ['/home/username/.local/pipx/shared/bin/python3', '-Im', 'ensurepip', '--upgrade', '--default-pip']
'/usr/bin/python3 -m venv --clear /home/username/.local/pipx/shared' failed
Later I figured out that i need to use virtualenv instead of /usr/bin/python3 -m venv., so i first run
virtualenv --clear /home/username/.local/pipx/shared, then run pipx install poetry, everything worked.
So the feature i am requesting is to add suppor to use virtualenv tool directly so pipx works on ubuntu without this error of ensurepip not found