Yeah, I’ve been there too! One common mistake I made was running bin/activate from the wrong directory. If you’re inside virtualenv/ and try to run source bin/activate, but you’re not in the right directory, it can throw some confusing permission errors.
Also, remember to always run source from within your virtual environment’s directory. Avoid trying to run /bin/activate directly from root, it won’t work like that. source is definitely the safer option, especially if you’re switching between different shell types like bash, sh, or zsh. It keeps everything nice and tidy!