'module 'popenv.core' has no attribute 'project'

Trying to assist my friend set up a new Django/Python project remotely. They've set up a virtual environment on their Windows machine using Linux, and it throws the following error when trying to install Django in the project directory:

Creating a virtualenv for this project…
Using /usr/bin/python3.8 (3.8.10) to create virtualenv…
/usr/bin/python3: No module named pipenv.pew
Virtualenv location:                                                                                                                          
Installing django…                                                                                                                            
Looking in indexes: https://pypi.python.org/simple                                                                                            
Requirement already satisfied: django in /home/[username]/.local/lib/python3.8/site-packages (4.0.4)                                            
Requirement already satisfied: backports.zoneinfo; python_version < "3.9" in /home/[username]/.local/lib/python3.8/site-packages (from django) (0.2.1)                                                                                                                                        
Requirement already satisfied: asgiref<4,>=3.4.1 in /home/[username]/.local/lib/python3.8/site-packages (from django) (3.5.2)                   
Requirement already satisfied: sqlparse>=0.2.2 in /home/[username]/.local/lib/python3.8/site-packages (from django) (0.4.2)                                                                                                                                                                   
Adding django to Pipfile's [packages]…                                                                                                        
Creating a virtualenv for this project…                                                                                                       
Using /usr/bin/python3 (3.8.10) to create virtualenv…                                                                                         
/usr/bin/python3: No module named pipenv.pew                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
Virtualenv location:                                                                                                                          
Pipfile.lock not found, creating…                                                                                                             
Locking [dev-packages] dependencies…                                                                                                          
3/dist-packages/pipenv/resolver.py", line 52, in main                                                                                             
project = pipenv.core.project                                                                                                             
AttributeError: module 'pipenv.core' has no attribute 'project'

Does anyone have experience with this error and how to resolve it?



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