[FIXED] Why can't I activate virualenv on Mac?

Issue

I'm was working on a project few months earlier that I hadn't modified in the las 3 months. During this period I changed my Macbook and transferred everything with Time Machine. My other projects that don't using virtualenv works fine but in case of this project I am not able to activate the virtualenv.

Structure:

coachregiszter
    --bin
    --include
    --lib
    --mcr (this is my project folder where manage.py is)
    --pyenv.cfg

If I try: source bin/acivate I get this error message:

source bin/activate
Script started, output file is started
Script: on: No such file or directory

Script done, output file is started
bin/activate:2: bad pattern: ^[[1m^[[7m%^[[27m^[[1m^[[0m

What is the problem?

Solution

Don't nest the virtual environment within the project—it shouldn't be in version control. Instead, include the requirements file to recreate the environment. Keep the project separate from the virtual environment; environments are disposable, and separating them allows flexibility (like testing on different versions of Django). Assume your directory is like Users/coachregiszter/mcr, your virtualenv can be Users/coachregiszter/.venv

Answered By - Dori