Why is virtualenv activated under root, but under user it gives an error -sh: 3: source: not found?

Question

linux

I'm trying to activate the virtual environment under the user and gives an error, although everything is activated under root.

Answer 1

It seems that bash or something compatible is used as a shell under root, and something else is used under the user under which the error pops up. To test your guess, do echo $SHELLas root and normal user.

Answer 2

Several conditions need to be checked:

• user home folder exists
  
• home folder is owned by the user
  
• there is enough free space on the hard disk or RAM
  
• writable folder /tmp