python3.9 venv testing error message

[songbird <songbird@anthive.com>]

  as it is testing perhaps there is a temporary glitch in
the packages for python3.9, but it has been there for at
least a week if not longer.  oh, i do have python-is-python3
and there are no python2 programs anywhere on this system 
that i know of.


  when i run the command:

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$ python -m venv env

  setting up virtual environment /home/me/src/salsa/env
The virtual environment was not created successfully because ensurepip is not
available.  On Debian/Ubuntu systems, you need to install the python3-venv
package using the following command.

    apt-get install python3-venv

You may need to use sudo with that command.  After installing the python3-venv
package, recreate your virtual environment.

Failing command: ['/home/me/src/salsa/env/bin/python', '-Im', 'ensurepip', '--upgrade', '--default-pip']

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  the package mentioned is installed:


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$ dpkg -l | grep python3-venv
ii  python3-venv                         3.9.0-4                        amd64        pyvenv-3 binary for python3 (default python3 version)

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  any ideas?  :)  thanks!


  songbird