virtualenv notes

Virtualenv is an important tool for python programming.

Introduction

A tool for creating isolated ‘virtual’ Python environments

Installation

• install with pip:

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$ sudo pip install virtualenv

Usage

Create a new virtual environment

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$ virtualenv ENV

• ENV is the directory of the new virtual environment

Activate virtual environment

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# change directory to ENV
$ cd ENV/
# activate 
(ENV)$ source bin/activate

Deactivate virtual environment

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(ENV)$ deactivate

Remove a virtual environment

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# deactivate the virtual environment
(ENV)$ deactivate
# delete the environment folder
$ rm -r /path/to/ENV

Some links

Documentation

Github Repo