VENV Not showing the correct Python version

Question

I have default Python version 3.9.6 on my Mac and I need to work on a project on Python version 2.7 so I install it successfully V 2.7.12

Now I am using this command to create a new env with Python v 2.7 virtualenv -p python2.7 env27

this is the output:

created virtual environment CPython2.7.12.final.0-64 in 156ms
  creator CPython2macOsArmFramework(dest=/Users/omar/Frappe/env27, clear=False, no_vcs_ignore=False, global=False)
  seeder FromAppData(download=False, pip=bundle, setuptools=bundle, wheel=bundle, via=copy, app_data_dir=/Users/omar/Library/Application Support/virtualenv)
    added seed packages: pip==20.3.4, setuptools==44.1.1, wheel==0.37.1
  activators BashActivator,CShellActivator,FishActivator,NushellActivator,PowerShellActivator,PythonActivator

now when I access this env and activate it using source bin/activate and run python -V command it gives me 3.9.6 not 2.7.12 while the bin file has files of 2.7, not 3.9 and

I tried the same thing with Python 3.10 and the same thing happened it still shows 3.9.6 !!

any help ??

I tried many time with other python versions but same issue appear

Answer 1

This most likely, because you use virtualenv version which is recent, and it does not support python2.7. Just guessing though.