wahengchang / virtualenvexample

How a beginer setup virtualenv example in python

How a beginer setup virtualenv example in python

virtualenv

1- install virtualenv

$ pip install virtualenv

2- Init project

$ virtualenv virtualEnvExample
//virtualenv -p /usr/bin/python2.7 virtualEnvExample

3- To begin using the virtual environment, it needs to be activated

$ source virtualEnvExample/bin/activate

4- Install packages as usual

$ pip install requests

Dependency management

$ pip freeze > requirements.txt
// pip install -r requirements.txt

Finished

5- Run the script

$ python main.py

6- Deactivate

$ deactivate

7- Installing Dependency

$ pip install -r requirements.txt

Reference

• http://docs.python-guide.org/en/latest/dev/virtualenvs/