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Date: Mon, 01 Jun 2015 15:42:33 -0600
From: Carl Meyer <carl@oddbird.net>
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On 06/01/2015 03:33 PM, greenbay.graham@gmail.com wrote:
> According to this=20
> https://docs.python.org/3.4/library/venv.html#module-venv 'Each=20
> virtual environment has its own Python binary (allowing creation of=20
> environments with various Python versions)'
>
> So how would I create a virtual environment using the venv module=20
> that has a Python 2.7 binary?

You can't. The venv module only exists in and supports Python 3.3+.

If you need to support earlier Django versions, you'll need to use the
older "virtualenv" library instead, which looks very similar from the
end-user side. See https://virtualenv.pypa.io/en/latest/

Carl


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