venv doesn't work

[Nico Schlömer]

There's something wrong with Python 3.10 on Ubuntu 22.04. I'm pulling my hair out, but can't figure out what's going wrong. I condensed it to

```
virtualenv venv
venv/bin/python --version
```

This should work, but only gives

```
created virtual environment CPython3.10.4.final.0-64 in 130ms
  creator CPython3Posix(dest=/home/nschloe/software/meshpro/meshio-dev/venv, clear=False, no_vcs_ignore=False, global=False)
  seeder FromAppData(download=False, pip=bundle, setuptools=bundle, wheel=bundle, via=copy, app_data_dir=/home/nschloe/.local/share/virtualenv)
    added seed packages: pip==22.0.4, setuptools==60.9.3, wheel==0.37.1
  activators BashActivator,CShellActivator,FishActivator,NushellActivator,PowerShellActivator,PythonActivator
❯ venv/bin/python --version
zsh: no such file or directory: venv/bin/python
```

Let me know what else I can do to debug.

[Nils Büchner (n.buechner)]

can't reproduce this really.

> uname -a
Linux xxxxx 5.15.0-25-generic #25-Ubuntu SMP Wed Mar 30 15:54:22 UTC 2022 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

> virtualenv venv
created virtual environment CPython3.10.4.final.0-64 in 120ms
  creator CPython3Posix(dest=/home/ravage/Downloads/venv, clear=False, no_vcs_ignore=False, global=False)
  seeder FromAppData(download=False, pip=bundle, setuptools=bundle, wheel=bundle, via=copy, app_data_dir=/home/ravage/.local/share/virtualenv)
    added seed packages: pip==22.0.2, setuptools==59.6.0, wheel==0.37.1
  activators BashActivator,CShellActivator,FishActivator,NushellActivator,PowerShellActivator,PythonActivator

> venv/bin/python --version
Python 3.10.4

[Nico Schlömer (nschloe)]

I tried again and still have the same issue. The problem is that python is in
```
venv/local/bin/python
```
and not
```
venv/bin/python
```

[Nico Schlömer (nschloe)]

The issue is also discussed in https://github.com/pypa/virtualenv/issues/2340.

[Nico Schlömer (nschloe)]

A workaround by https://askubuntu.com/a/1415153/75918:

export DEB_PYTHON_INSTALL_LAYOUT='deb'