Install virtualenv in Linux (RHEL 7/ Fedora / CentOS)

Install virtualenv in Linux (RHEL 7/ Fedora / CentOS)

Getting command not found error since virtualenv is not available on your linux machine

$ virtualenv .venv
-bash: virtualenv: command not found

lets see how to install virtualenv on linux machine (RHEL 7),

$ pip install virtualenv
-bash: pip: command not found

$ sudo yum install python-virtualenv

Loaded plugins: search-disabled-repos
Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
---> Package python-virtualenv.noarch 0:15.1.0-2.el7 will be installed
--> Processing Dependency: python2-devel for package: python-virtualenv-15.1.0-2.el7.noarch
--> Running transaction check
---> Package python-devel.x86_64 0:2.7.5-76.el7 will be installed
--> Finished Dependency Resolution

Dependencies Resolved

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Total download size: 2.1 M
Installed size: 3.1 M
Is this ok [y/d/N]: y
Downloading packages:
(1/2): python-devel-2.7.5-76.el7.x86_64.rpm                                                                                                                                             	| 398 kB  00:00:00	 
(2/2): python-virtualenv-15.1.0-2.el7.noarch.rpm                                                                                                                                        	| 1.7 MB  00:00:00	 
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Total                                                                                                                                                                          	3.8 MB/s | 2.1 MB  00:00:00	 
Running transaction check
Running transaction test
Transaction test succeeded
Running transaction
  Installing : python-devel-2.7.5-76.el7.x86_64                                                                                                                                                            	1/2
  Installing : python-virtualenv-15.1.0-2.el7.noarch                                                                                                                                                       	2/2
  Verifying  : python-virtualenv-15.1.0-2.el7.noarch                                                                                                                                                       	1/2
  Verifying  : python-devel-2.7.5-76.el7.x86_64                                                                                                                                                            	2/2

Installed:
  python-virtualenv.noarch 0:15.1.0-2.el7                                                                                                                                                                     	 

Dependency Installed:
  python-devel.x86_64 0:2.7.5-76.el7                                                                                                                                                                          	 

Complete!

Lets try virtualenv command now,

$ virtualenv venv

works as expected,

[ven]$ ..