virtualenv is not compatible with this system

[Ravin Kohli]

I am trying to create a virtual env on a mac when is execute the following line i get an error saying virtualenv is not compatible with this system virtualenv env_new Using base prefix '/Users/ravinkohli/anaconda3' New python executable in /Users/ravinkohli/env_new/bin/python dyld: Library not loaded: @rpath/libpython3.5m.dylib   Referenced from: /Users/ravinkohli/env_new/bin/python   Reason: image not found ERROR: The executable /Users/ravinkohli/env_new/bin/python is not functioning ERROR: It thinks sys.prefix is '/Users/ravinkohli' (should be '/Users/ravinkohli/env_new') ERROR: virtualenv is not compatible with this system or executable

[graeme]

It looks like you are trying to use virtualenv with Anaconda. I would have thought conda is likely to work better with Anaconda (I do not know whether virtualenv will work at all with Anaconda, conda is certainly the usual way to create virtual environments with Anaconda).