how to create virtualenv with pypy?
pypy, python, virtualenv
Solution
This appears to be a regression in 1.8.4. While trying this out on my system everything worked fine with virtualenv 1.8.2, then I upgraded and now I get the same error as you.
Problem
running the following command ``` virtualenv -p /usr/local/bin/pypy pypy ``` exits with error like ``` Running virtualenv with interpreter /usr/local/bin/pypy New pypy executable in pypy/bin/pypy debug: WARNING: Library path not found, using compiled-in sys.path. debug: WARNING: 'sys.prefix' will not be set. debug: WARNING: Make sure the pypy binary is kept inside its tree of files. debug: WARNING: It is ok to create a symlink to it from somewhere else. 'import site' failed AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'prefix' ERROR: The executable pypy/bin/pypy is not functioning ERROR: It thinks sys.prefix is u'/Users/myname' (should be u'/Users/myname/pypy') ERROR: virtualenv is not compatible with this system or executable ``` I'm running Mac OS X 10.8.1 (Mountain Lion) with CPython 2.7.3 and installed pypy 1.9 using Brew. virtualenv's version is 1.8.4. Using pre-built pypy binary for Mac OS X downloaded directly from pypy's website doesn't make any difference.