[Bug 1290847] Re: pyvenv fails due to mising ensurepip module

[garyo]

I'm sorry to post to this ancient bug, but I just did a fresh install of
Ubuntu 18.04, and I just want to create a virtual env with python 3.7,
including pip (or some way to install modules). Doing this does not
work:

% sudo apt install python3.7 python3.7-venv
% python3.7 -m venv py37-venv

It gives the error "The virtual environment was not created successfully
because ensurepip is not available".

Doing it with --without-pip works, but then there is no way to install
modules in the virtualenv. (python -mpip in the virtualenv correctly
says "No module named pip").

So what is the recommended way to install python 3.7 on Ubuntu 18.04 and
create a "normal" virtual env?

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Title:
  pyvenv fails due to mising ensurepip module

Status in python3-defaults package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in python3.4 package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in python3.4 package in Debian:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  Hello,

  I noticed the following

  # fails
  python3.4 -m venv --clear python-venv
  Error: Command '['.../external/python-venv/bin/python3.4', '-Im', 'ensurepip', '--upgrade', '--default-pip']' returned non-zero exit status 1

  # works, but no pip
  python3.4 -m venv --clear --without-pip python-venv

  Thank you

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