Installing and using virtualenvwrapper - python

I am trying to learn how to program using Django, but I am stuck dealing with some problems related to the use of virtualenv and virtualenvwrapper.
I am using a Mac with the following OSX OS X El Capitan 10.11.3 with Python 2.7.10 as default.
I have just recently downloaded Python 3.5 and also virtualenv and virtualenvwrapper using the following commands in the terminal:
pip install virtualenv
pip install virtualenvwrapper
This seemed to work smoothly, and so I followed the installation guide found at Virtualenvwrapper Installation Guide in order to correctly modify the .bash_profile so that the virtualenvwrapper is loaded correctly.
However, there are some of the guidelines I do not fully understand and thus I am not able to successfully set up the virtualenvwrapper.
The following lines are said to be added to the shell startup file:
export WORKON_HOME=$HOME/.virtualenvs
export PROJECT_HOME=$HOME/Devel
source /usr/local/bin/virtualenvwrapper.sh
But when I installed the virtualenvwrapper, the virtualenvwrapper.sh was stored in the following path: Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.5/bin/
In other words, there is no file called virtualenvwrapper.sh at /usr/local/bin/.
My shell startup file currently looks like this:
# Setting PATH for Python 3.5
# The original version is saved in .bash_profile.pysave
PATH="/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.5/bin:${PATH}"
export PATH
export WORKON_HOME=$HOME/.virtualenvs
export PROJECT_HOME=$HOME/Devel
source /usr/local/bin/virtualenvwrapper.sh
When I now try to write the following code in terminal:
source ~/.bash_profile
the following outputs:
-bash: /usr/local/bin/virtualenvwrapper.sh: No such file or directory
I have also tried to change the path of the source in the .bash_profile to the following:
source Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.5/bin/virtualenvwrapper.sh
which is where the virtualenvwrapper.sh file is located. This however, gives the following output:
/usr/bin/python: No module named virtualenvwrapper
virtualenvwrapper.sh: There was a problem running the initialization hooks.
If Python could not import the module virtualenvwrapper.hook_loader,
check that virtualenvwrapper has been installed for
VIRTUALENVWRAPPER_PYTHON=/usr/bin/python and that PATH is
set properly.
Any suggestions as to how I should fix this? I am sorry for the length of the question, but I wanted to explain the problem thoroughly.
I would be really thankful for any answers :)

virtualenvwrapper.sh should be in your path somewhere. The simplest solution is tp change the source statement to read
source `which virtualenvwrapper.sh`
Note the back-ticks around the which virtualenvwrapper.sh part of the command.
That will find it in the path, wherever it actually lives. And yes, on a mac, it is often in Library/Frameworks/ etc. But that should be on your path because part of the install for python will put it there.

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