Pycharm -> Failed to create virtual environment

I wanted to run my first python file on ubuntu when suddenly this message with no further instructions appeared:

As a consequence I have researched what the meaning of the error was. According to the forum this was the most appropriate solution:

I have tried it, however the same error message appeared. I also made sure that the location directory where I created my venv was empty. This is the furthest I have come:

After this the same error message appears with no context how to solve it.

Edit:

Solution: Unable to locate package python3-distutils in Ubuntu 16.04

First answer from ksharp

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I had a similar issue in Linux Mint, the solution which helped me was found on code2care.org, which I also mentioned here:

You need to update virtualenv package! Run the below command in CMD or Mac/Linux terminal,

pip upgrade virtualenv

If you have pip3, try the below command,

pip3 upgrade virtualenv

If you are using conda, try the below command,

conda install virtualenv

First, I installed pip3 and then proceeded to pip3 install virtualenv.

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