virtualenv 1.3.3 fails on Ubuntu Jaunty

[Andrew Straw]

Hi, I'm running into some problem attempting to create a virtualenv on Ubuntu Jaunty:

Steps to reproduce:

tar xzf virtualenv-1.3.3.tar.gz
cd virtualenv-1.3.3/
python virtualenv.py ~/my_virtual_env

The output is below. I think this may be a result of some setuptools interaction with Jaunty's new Python installation location described at https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2009-February/027439.html

New python executable in /home/astraw/my_virtual_env/bin/python
Installing setuptools...................
  Complete output from command /home/astraw/my_virtual_env/bin/python -c "#!python
\"\"\"Bootstrap setuptoo...

" support-files/setuptools-0.6c9-py2.6.egg:
  error: can't create or remove files in install directory

The following error occurred while trying to add or remove files in the
installation directory:

    [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/home/astraw/my_virtual_env/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/test-easy-install-21970.pth'

The installation directory you specified (via --install-dir, --prefix, or
the distutils default setting) was:

    /home/astraw/my_virtual_env/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/

This directory does not currently exist. Please create it and try again, or
choose a different installation directory (using the -d or --install-dir
option).

----------------------------------------
...Installing setuptools...done.
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "virtualenv.py", line 1230, in <module>
    main()
  File "virtualenv.py", line 420, in main
    unzip_setuptools=options.unzip_setuptools)
  File "virtualenv.py", line 507, in create_environment
    install_setuptools(py_executable, unzip=unzip_setuptools)
  File "virtualenv.py", line 295, in install_setuptools
    cwd=cwd)
  File "virtualenv.py", line 481, in call_subprocess
    % (cmd_desc, proc.returncode))
OSError: Command /home/astraw/my_virtual_env/bin/python -c "#!python
\"\"\"Bootstrap setuptoo...

" support-files/setuptools-0.6c9-py2.6.egg failed with error code 1