# Error bin/activate

**URL:** <https://travis-ci.community/t/error-bin-activate/9107>\
**Category:** Python\
**Tags:** python, travis-build\
**Created:** [June 23, 2020, 4:10pm UTC](https://travis-ci.community/t/error-bin-activate/9107 "2020-06-23T16:10:24Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![zeroincombenze](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/travis-ci.community/zeroincombenze/32/2354_2.png) [@zeroincombenze](https://travis-ci.community/u/zeroincombenze)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2020, 4:10pm UTC](https://travis-ci.community/t/error-bin-activate/9107/1 "2020-06-23T16:10:24Z")

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I have two instances of a Odoo module, one uses python 2.7 and the other uses python 3.7  
I launch both instances, with 2.7 ends successfully while the other ends with a strange error:

bin/activate no such file or directory

This error happens before my tests are executed, it seems an internal travis error.

What I can do?

This is the errored test  
[https://travis-ci.org/github/zeroincombenze/zerobug-test/builds/701278008](https://travis-ci.org/github/zeroincombenze/zerobug-test/builds/701278008)

This is the good test  
[https://travis-ci.org/github/zeroincombenze/zerobug-test/builds/701278075](https://travis-ci.org/github/zeroincombenze/zerobug-test/builds/701278075)

TIA

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**Author:** ![native-api](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/travis-ci.community/native-api/32/430_2.png) [@native-api](https://travis-ci.community/u/native-api)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2020, 1:49am UTC](https://travis-ci.community/t/error-bin-activate/9107/2 "2020-06-24T01:49:35Z")

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`virtualenv.system_site_packages` is only valid for distro-provided versions.

@BanzaiMan An explicit error message saying so would really help. This is not the first time a user is confused in this case.

> <https://github.com/travis-ci/travis-build/pull/1919>