[Python] How to install python3.10 virtual environment when python3.10-venv has no...

I had just upgraded to Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS, which comes preinstalled with python3.10. I tried creating a virtual environment but it was unsuccessful. Trying to install the virtual env package gets an error E: Package 'python3-venv' has no installation candidate

python3 -m venv newpy310
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 install python3.10-venv

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

Failing command: ['/home/user/Desktop/pyenvs/newpy310/bin/python3', '-Im', 'ensurepip', '--upgrade', '--default-pip']


Following which i used sudo apt install python3.10-venv, and was returned with

sudo apt install python3.10-venv
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
Package python3.10-venv is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source

E: Package 'python3.10-venv' has no installation candidate


Something similar can be encountered if I used sudo apt install python3.10-virtualenv

sudo apt-get install python3.10-virtualenv
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package python3.10-virtualenv
E: Couldn't find any package by glob 'python3.10-virtualenv'
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'python3.10-virtualenv'


My sudo apt-get update also looks suspicious, but i am not entirely sure if it is the culprit

sudo apt update
Hit:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal InRelease
Hit:2 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-security InRelease
Hit:3 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates InRelease
Hit:4 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-security InRelease
Hit:5 https://ppa.launchpadcontent.net/deadsnakes/ppa/ubuntu jammy InRelease
Hit:6 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-backports InRelease
Hit:7 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy InRelease
Hit:8 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-updates InRelease
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
8 packages can be upgraded. Run 'apt list --upgradable' to see them.
W: Target Packages (main/binary-amd64/Packages) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:13 and /etc/apt/sources.list:14
W: Target Packages (main/binary-i386/Packages) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:13 and /etc/apt/sources.list:14
W: Target Packages (main/binary-all/Packages) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:13 and /etc/apt/sources.list:14
W: Target Translations (main/i18n/Translation-en_US) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:13 and /etc/apt/sources.list:14
W: Target Translations (main/i18n/Translation-en) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:13 and /etc/apt/sources.list:14
W: Target Translations (main/i18n/Translation-en_SG) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:13 and /etc/apt/sources.list:14
W: Target DEP-11 (main/dep11/Components-amd64.yml) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:13 and /etc/apt/sources.list:14
W: Target DEP-11 (main/dep11/Components-all.yml) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:13 and /etc/apt/sources.list:14
W: Target DEP-11-icons-small (main/dep11/icons-48x48.tar) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:13 and /etc/apt/sources.list:14
W: Target DEP-11-icons (main/dep11/icons-64x64.tar) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:13 and /etc/apt/sources.list:14
W: Target DEP-11-icons-hidpi (main/dep11/icons-64x64@2.tar) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:13 and /etc/apt/sources.list:14
W: Target CNF (main/cnf/Commands-amd64) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:13 and /etc/apt/sources.list:14
W: Target CNF (main/cnf/Commands-all) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:13 and /etc/apt/sources.list:14
W: Target Packages (main/binary-amd64/Packages) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:13 and /etc/apt/sources.list:14
W: Target Packages (main/binary-i386/Packages) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:13 and /etc/apt/sources.list:14
W: Target Packages (main/binary-all/Packages) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:13 and /etc/apt/sources.list:14
W: Target Translations (main/i18n/Translation-en_US) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:13 and /etc/apt/sources.list:14
W: Target Translations (main/i18n/Translation-en) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:13 and /etc/apt/sources.list:14
W: Target Translations (main/i18n/Translation-en_SG) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:13 and /etc/apt/sources.list:14
W: Target DEP-11 (main/dep11/Components-amd64.yml) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:13 and /etc/apt/sources.list:14
W: Target DEP-11 (main/dep11/Components-all.yml) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:13 and /etc/apt/sources.list:14
W: Target DEP-11-icons-small (main/dep11/icons-48x48.tar) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:13 and /etc/apt/sources.list:14
W: Target DEP-11-icons (main/dep11/icons-64x64.tar) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:13 and /etc/apt/sources.list:14
W: Target DEP-11-icons-hidpi (main/dep11/icons-64x64@2.tar) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:13 and /etc/apt/sources.list:14
W: Target CNF (main/cnf/Commands-amd64) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:13 and /etc/apt/sources.list:14
W: Target CNF (main/cnf/Commands-all) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:13 and /etc/apt/sources.list:14


I also have already added the deadsnakes ppa repos. I noticed some other questions were for python 3.6 or 3.8, which had worked in the past when i was using python 3.6 and 3.8 respectively. However, the methods described within does not work for my current setup with Ubuntu 22.04 and python3.10.

1. python3.8-venv not working with python3.8 -m venv env
2. python3.8-venv is no longer working after Pop OS upgraded to 21.04
3. Trouble Installing Python3.6 Virtual Environment on Ubuntu 22.04

These are the other links that I have consulted but did not work for me. I have also tried reinstalling python3.10 itself.

1. How to use Python3.10 on Ubuntu?
2. Trouble Installing Python3.6 Virtual Environment on Ubuntu 22.04
3. pyvenv not working because ensurepip is not available
4. pyvenv not working because ensurepip is not available
5. https://askubuntu.com/questions/879437/ensurepip-is-disabled-in-debian-ubuntu-for-the-system-python
6. Python3.10 source venv has changed

Q: How to install python3.10 virtual environment when python3.10-venv has no installation candidate?

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