I am running virtualenv burrito and getting an error that there are too many levels of symbolic links. I have no idea what that means.
mkvirtualenv --python /usr/local/bin/Python3 mantis
Error:
Running virtualenv with interpreter /usr/local/bin/Python3 Using base prefix '/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.4' New python executable in mantis/bin/Python3 Also creating executable in mantis/bin/python Traceback (most recent call last): File "/Users/croberts/.venvburrito/lib/python2.7/site-packages/virtualenv.py", line 2352, in <module> main() File "/Users/croberts/.venvburrito/lib/python2.7/site-packages/virtualenv.py", line 825, in main symlink=options.symlink) File "/Users/croberts/.venvburrito/lib/python2.7/site-packages/virtualenv.py", line 985, in create_environment site_packages=site_packages, clear=clear, symlink=symlink)) File "/Users/croberts/.venvburrito/lib/python2.7/site-packages/virtualenv.py", line 1439, in install_python raise e File "/Users/croberts/.venvburrito/lib/python2.7/site-packages/virtualenv.py", line 1431, in install_python stdout=subprocess.PIPE) File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.4/lib/python3.4/subprocess.py", line 859, in __init__ restore_signals, start_new_session) File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.4/lib/python3.4/subprocess.py", line 1457, in _execute_child raise child_exception_type(errno_num, err_msg) OSError: [Errno 62] Too many levels of symbolic links
I was getting this error before and solved it by doing Python3.4 instead of Python3. Now it won't work no matter which python I try to use. Even if I try to use the default (2.7)
To remove a symbolic link, use either the rm or unlink command followed by the name of the symlink as an argument. When removing a symbolic link that points to a directory do not append a trailing slash to the symlink name.
Strangely, I ran into this when I tried to create a virtualenv with a name that already existed. Solution to remove the old and create a new one:
rmvirtualenv old-one mkvirtualenv new-one
I had the same problem on OSX.
I got rid of it after:
1. removing env folder 2. removing __pycache__ folder
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