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I created a virtual environment that I can activate used a command line from Terminal (Ubuntu):

source/bin activate

I did what follows to achieve the same on emacs:

M-! then source/bin activate then RET

But then I guess the virtual environment is not activated and I am getting this error message:

/bin/bash: source/bin: No such file or directory

What am I missing?

EDIT 1:

It seems I have to use a package like auto-virtualenv; and for that I have to tell Emacs to use the MELPA repository. So following the documentation. I restarted Emacs but still can not install that package with it (M-! package-install RET auto-virtualenvRET )

EDIT 2:

Installing the virtual environment auto-virtualenv is done thanks to wvxvw's comment below. So I am supposed to get rid of the error I mentioned above, but no, it is still there.

EDIT 3:

When I run M-! then pwd I get this:

/home/h4ck3r/development/app

Then I type M-! and source/bin activate, I get this error message:

/bash: source/bin: No such file or directory

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    Several things in play here: your current directory at the point where you invoke this command isn't set to the parent directory of source/bin, activating virtual environment like this won't have the desired effect, there's a package for that, and the command is M-x pyvenv-activate iirc. I think, these days it is packaged with Elpy: github.com/jorgenschaefer/elpy – wvxvw Mar 28 '18 at 6:41
  • I am on the right directory, but as you said I need to install a package. I am trying to use auto-virtualenv but I am having difficulty to configure the .emacs file to use MELPA packages as described here – Billal Begueradj Mar 28 '18 at 6:44
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    I think I'm actually using pyvenv.el, as for your setup: it looks standard. Can you try instead M-x list-packages, then find the package you want to install, then press i on it, then x? – wvxvw Mar 28 '18 at 8:24
  • Your comment solved the problem related to installing the virtual environment package. So thank you very much. I just do not understand why I still am getting the same error mentioned in my question when I run source/bin activate – Billal Begueradj Mar 28 '18 at 11:14
  • Try M-! pwd to see what bash sees as its current directory, that will probably explain why it cannot find source/bin. – wvxvw Mar 28 '18 at 11:40
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I think source/bin is not an executable.

Maybe the good command is:

. $PATH_TO_VIRTUALENV/bin/activate or source $PATH_TO_VIRTUALENV/bin/activate

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