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 Enter your vcgraph directory and create & activate your Python virtual environment
 ```
 $ cd path/to/vcgraph
-$ python -m venv vcgraphenv
+$ python3 -m venv vcgraphenv
 $ source vcgraphenv/bin/activate
 ```
 Once the virtual environment has been created, install the necessary packages