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virtualenv is a tool to build isolated Python environments. This program creates a folder which contains all the necessary executables to use the packages that a Python project would need. Installing the virtualenv tool This is only required once. The virtualenv program may be available through yo...

Once your virtual environment has been activated, any package that you install will now be installed in the virtualenv & not globally. Hence, new packages can be without needing root privileges. To verify that the packages are being installed into the virtualenv run the following command to che...

Assuming python and python3 are both installed, it is possible to create a virtual environment for Python 3 even if python3 is not the default Python: virtualenv -p python3 foo or virtualenv --python=python3 foo or python3 -m venv foo or pyvenv foo Actually you can create virtual ...

The virtualenvwrapper utility simplifies working with virtual environments and is especially useful if you are dealing with many virtual environments/projects. Instead of having to deal with the virtual environment directories yourself, virtualenvwrapper manages them for you, by storing all virtual...

If you are using the default bash prompt on Linux, you should see the name of the virtual environment at the start of your prompt. (my-project-env) user@hostname:~$ which python /home/user/my-project-env/bin/python

In order to specify which version of python the Linux shell should use the first line of Python scripts can be a shebang line, which starts with #!: #!/usr/bin/python If you are in a virtual environment, then python myscript.py will use the Python from your virtual environment, but ./myscript.py...

Fish shell is friendlier yet you might face trouble while using with virtualenv or virtualenvwrapper. Alternatively virtualfish exists for the rescue. Just follow the below sequence to start using Fish shell with virtualenv. Install virtualfish to the global space sudo pip install virtualfish...

A powerful alternative to virtualenv is Anaconda - a cross-platform, pip-like package manager bundled with features for quickly making and removing virtual environments. After installing Anaconda, here are some commands to get started: Create an environment conda create --name <envname> pyth...

Sometimes the shell prompt doesn't display the name of the virtual environment and you want to be sure if you are in a virtual environment or not. Run the python interpreter and try: import sys sys.prefix sys.real_prefix Outside a virtual, environment sys.prefix will point to the system p...