[Python-ideas] venv *is* provided in the standard Python install on Debian/Ubuntu

[Paul Moore]

On 12 November 2017 at 18:38, Antoine Pitrou <solipsis at pitrou.net> wrote:
> On Sun, 12 Nov 2017 12:20:45 +0000
> Paul Moore <p.f.moore at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> > Well, not exactly. Do you do python -m venv, or py -x.x -m venv or
>> > pythonx -m venv ? Wait, it's not installed by default on debian.
>>
>> Seriously? Debian don't provide venv in the standard Python install?
>> That's just broken.
>
> Frankly, I don't know where the current discussion comes from, but on
> two recent Debian and Ubuntu setups, I get:
>
> $ dpkg -S /usr/lib/python3.5/venv/__init__.py
> libpython3.5-stdlib:amd64: /usr/lib/python3.5/venv/__init__.py
>
>
> Which, for the uninitiated, means "the venv module is provided by the
> Debian/Ubuntu package named libpython3.5-stdlib".  That package is, in
> turn, a dependency of the "python3.5" package.

Thanks for the clarification. I was surprised by the assertion, but
didn't have a Debian system to check, so it's good to know it's false.

Paul