'How do I activate Python 2.7 in virtual environment in my Mac Terminal [duplicate]

I am trying to create a virtual environment on my Mac using terminal commands for Python 2.7 but it is not working.

I issue the following commands;

mkdir Environments
cd Environments
python -m virtualenv python27 
source python27/bin/activate
python --version

Instead of reporting the version of Python as 2.7 it still says I have version 3.9.7. Terminal displays the following but the version option doesn't report Python 2.7

(python27) (base) StephenLearmonth@Stephens-MBP Environments % python --version
Python 3.9.7

I have macOS Monterey 12.3.1 and when I type zsh --version I get;

zsh 5.8 (x86_64-apple-darwin21.0)
pythonmacospython-2.x


Solution 1:[1]

Python2 is end-of-life and was removed from MacOS starting at version 12.3

If you have a strong need for Python2, then you'll need to install it separately (or use Docker), as virtualenv cannot create Python2 environments without having the Python2 interpreter installed first.

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