Edit:
I learned that mkvirtualenv
is a shell function. In this case the question becomes how to run shell function in python
. My answer below can be applied to standalone binaries. For your question, please look at the answer: https://stackoverflow.com/a/5826523/1906700 You can indirectly call mkvirtualenv() function from the script that defines it.
Set PATH variable correctly
The problem seems to be caused by your $PATH
variable. You need to correctly set this variable so that mkvirtualenv
executable can be found. For example, if you have mkvirtualenv
executable in `/home/thore/scripts, you need to set your $PATH in .bashrc or .zshrc (depending on your shell) as follows:
export PATH=$PATH:/home/thore/scripts
In that way, mkvirtualenv
script will be found correctly and run.
Another Solution
The other solution to the problem would be using the exact path for the script in question. In that case, you can give /home/thore/scripts/mkvirtualenv
as a parameter to subprocess.