pipenv install error: bad interpreter: No such file or directory

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Issue description

Pipenv suddenly nor working today. When I try to search Stackoverflow, it seems not only me having the problem. I saw two questions: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/64008062/pipenv-error-bad-interpreter-no-such-file-or-directory https://stackoverflow.com/questions/64005389/pipenv-install-error-bad-interpreter-no-such-file-or-directory

Expected result

No error

Actual result

Installing pandas…
⠋ Installing...Failed to load paths: /bin/sh: /Users/johnchan/.local/share/virtualenvs/src-_ygy3i93/bin/python: No such file or directory

Output: 
⠙ Installing pandas...Failed to load paths: /bin/sh: /Users/johnchan/.local/share/virtualenvs/src-_ygy3i93/bin/python: No such file or directory

Output: 
Failed to load paths: /bin/sh: /Users/johnchan/.local/share/virtualenvs/src-_ygy3i93/bin/python: No such file or directory

Output: 
Error:  An error occurred while installing pandas!
Error text: 
/bin/sh: /Users/johnchan/.local/share/virtualenvs/src-_ygy3i93/bin/pip: /Users/johnchan/.local/share/virtualenvs/src-_ygy3i93/bin/python: bad interpreter: No such file or directory

✘ Installation Failed 

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[uranusjr]

Do you use Homebrew? This is a common problem with Python installed from Homebrew. The only way to fix this is to pipenv --rm and rebuild the virtual environment.

[kychanbp]

I found the solution. I need to remove the /Users/johnchan/.local/share/virtualenvs/src-_ygy3i93 file.

In fact all file starting with src-*