OSError: Command /root/.local/share/letsencrypt/bin/python2.7 - setuptools pkg_resources pip wheel failed with error code 2

[zanjs]

OS : Ubuntu 16.04

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Creating virtual environment...
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/virtualenv.py", line 2363, in <module>
    main()
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/virtualenv.py", line 719, in main
    symlink=options.symlink)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/virtualenv.py", line 988, in create_environment
    download=download,
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/virtualenv.py", line 918, in install_wheel
    call_subprocess(cmd, show_stdout=False, extra_env=env, stdin=SCRIPT)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/virtualenv.py", line 812, in call_subprocess
    % (cmd_desc, proc.returncode))
OSError: Command /root/.local/share/letsencrypt/bin/python2.7 - setuptools pkg_resources pip wheel failed with error code 2

[joomlagate]

I met exactly the same issue today on Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS.

Could you please improve this script to fix it?

Thank you.

[bmw]

This issue is very similar to #2883. Either install letsencrypt through apt (which is what we recommend on Ubuntu 16.04) or take a look at the other thread for issue. Many people seem to have had success by setting their locale.

[joomlagate]

Well, I finally solved this issue myself, the solution is:

interbrite/letsencrypt-vesta#46 (comment)

[zanjs]

OK , sudo apt install letsencrypt

[willin]

0.4.1 does not have nginx plugin included

[adrianoafonso]

Same problem here:
Rasperry Pi v2
Server version: Apache/2.4.18 (Ubuntu)
Description: Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS

[samazgor]

I solved the issue to my Ubuntu 16.04 x64...

1. sudo apt-get install letsencrypt
2. exoprt below

export LC_ALL="en_US.UTF-8"
export LC_CTYPE="en_US.UTF-8"

[antrecu]

as of today the --no-bootstrap helped on an Ubuntu 16.04 install.

[hoozecn]

Met the same prob in Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS (Xenial Xerus), I believe it's caused by the python version of virtualenv.

File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/virtualenv.py", line 812, in call_subprocess % (cmd_desc, proc.returncode))
OSError: Command /root/.local/share/letsencrypt/bin/python2.7 - setuptools pkg_resources pip wheel failed with error code 2

The letsencrypt takes python2.7 but it invokes virutalenv with python3 to create virtual environment.

Here is my fix:

pip2 install virtualenv