Tag: virualenv

  • Creating and using virtualenv

    To create a virtualenv, run

    virtualenv NAME_OF_VIRTUALENV

    virtualenv

    On Ubuntu 18, this command will create virtualenv with Python 2.7.

    To create virtualenv with Python 3, run

    virtualenv --python=/usr/bin/python3 venv

    Here “venv” is my virtualenv name.

    python3 virtualenv

    To activate virtialenv, go to the folder where your virtialenv folder is present, then run

    source venv/bin/activate

    You will see name of your virtualenv on the command promt. To exit out of virtualenv, run

    deactivate

    This can be run from any folder.