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Python virtual environments run their own site directories, allowing them to be optionally separated from system directories. This can easily avoid a potential nightmare of version conflicts - one piece of software on your system may require a certain version to run, while another make require a different one. | Python virtual environments run their own site directories, allowing them to be optionally separated from system directories. This can easily avoid a potential nightmare of version conflicts - one piece of software on your system may require a certain version to run, while another make require a different one. | ||
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<code>venv</code> is a tool that can be used to create an environment: | <code>venv</code> is a tool that can be used to create an environment: | ||
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== Activate == | |||
<syntaxhighlight lang="bash"> | <syntaxhighlight lang="bash"> | ||
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== Close == | |||
Simply type | |||
<syntaxhighlight lang="bash"> | <syntaxhighlight lang="bash"> | ||
exit | exit | ||
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Revision as of 21:47, 2 November 2021
Python virtual environments run their own site directories, allowing them to be optionally separated from system directories. This can easily avoid a potential nightmare of version conflicts - one piece of software on your system may require a certain version to run, while another make require a different one.
Create
venv is a tool that can be used to create an environment:
python3 -m venv venv
Activate
source venv/bin/activate
You will see the prompt change to something like this:
(venv)Username@Computer myfolder %
Close
Simply type
exit