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  • virtualenv - Python virtual environment creator
  • virtualenvwrapper - extension to virtualenv for managing multiple virtual Python environments

Install:

pip install virtualenv
pip install virtualenvwrapper

In LinuxMint, I use apt-get to install virtualenvwrapper, but some files seem lost, maybe another package need to be installed also.

Use virtualenv

$ tankywoo@linuxmint::/tmp/ » virtualenv myenv
New python executable in myenv/bin/python
Installing distribute.....................................done.
Installing pip................done.

$ tankywoo@linuxmint::/tmp/ » which python
/usr/bin/python

$ tankywoo@linuxmint::/tmp/ » source myenv/bin/activate

$ (myenv)tankywoo@linuxmint::/tmp/ » which python
/tmp/myenv/bin/python

$ (myenv)tankywoo@linuxmint::/tmp/ » deactivate 

$ tankywoo@linuxmint::/tmp/ » which python
/usr/bin/python

Optional Argument:

–no-site-packages : Don’t give access to the global site-packages dir to the virtual environment (default)

This is the default argument.

Use virtualenvwrapper

$ tankywoo@linuxmint::~/ » export WORKON_HOME=~/Envs
$ tankywoo@linuxmint::~/ » mkdir -p $WORKON_HOME
$ tankywoo@linuxmint::~/ » source /usr/local/bin/virtualenvwrapper.sh

$ tankywoo@linuxmint::~/ » mkvirtualenv env1
New python executable in env1/bin/python
Installing distribute.....................................done.
Installing pip................done.

$ (env1)tankywoo@linuxmint::~/ » which python
/home/tankywoo/Envs/env1/bin/python

$ (env1)tankywoo@linuxmint::~/ » ls $WORKON_HOME
get_env_details  postmkproject     preactivate      prermproject
initialize       postmkvirtualenv  predeactivate    prermvirtualenv
postactivate     postrmproject     premkproject
postdeactivate   postrmvirtualenv  premkvirtualenv


# This will create env2, and change to it.
$ (env1)tankywoo@linuxmint::~/ » mkvirtualenv env2
New python executable in env2/bin/python
Installing distribute.....................................done.
Installing pip................done.

$ (env2)tankywoo@linuxmint::~/ » which python
/home/tankywoo/Envs/env2/bin/python

# This will change to env1
$ (env2)tankywoo@linuxmint::~/ » workon env1
$ (env1)tankywoo@linuxmint::~/ » 

# List exist virtual-env
$ (env1)tankywoo@linuxmint::~/ » lsvirtualenv
env1
====

env2
====

# Another way to list exist virtual-env
# The same as lsvirtualenv -b
$ (env1)tankywoo@linuxmint::~/ » workon
env1
env2

# This will remove the specified virtual-env
(env1)tankywoo@linuxmint::~/ » rmvirtualenv env2 
Removing env2...

# Exit virtual-env
$ (env1)tankywoo@linuxmint::~/ » deactivate
$ tankywoo@linuxmint::~/ »

Use mkvirtualenv -h will find that it has a little options and most use virtualenv’s options.

Reference: virtualenvwrapper doc

pip with virtualenv and virtualenvwrapper

Using pip with virtualenv

pip is most nutritious when used with virtualenv. One of the reasons pip doesn’t install “multi-version” eggs is that virtualenv removes much of the need for it. Because pip is installed by virtualenv, just use path/to/my/environment/bin/pip to install things into that specific environment.

To tell pip to only run if there is a virtualenv currently activated, and to bail if not, use:

export PIP_REQUIRE_VIRTUALENV=true

To tell pip to automatically use the currently active virtualenv:

export PIP_RESPECT_VIRTUALENV=true

Using pip with virtualenvwrapper

If you are using virtualenvwrapper, you might want pip to automatically create its virtualenvs in your $WORKON_HOME.

You can tell pip to do so by defining PIP_VIRTUALENV_BASE in your environment and setting it to the same value as that of $WORKON_HOME.

Do so by adding the line:

export PIP_VIRTUALENV_BASE=$WORKON_HOME

in your .bashrc under the line starting with export WORKON_HOME.

From: pip 1.0.2 doc