Python - Setting Up A Virtual Environment

Creating a virtual environment

• Change to the project directory
• Run the following command:

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1virtualenv -p python3 venv

Note: venv is the name of the virtual environment, and can be changed. venv is the convention

Activating a virtual environment

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1source venv/bin/activate

Leaving / deactivating a virtual environment

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1deactivate

Helpful links

• Python Starter repo
• Dead Simple Python - virtual environments