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How to Create Python Virtual Environment

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Background

Steps

Create the virtual environment folder via:


# The -m option runs the module as a script
# The first `venv` indicates that we want to create a virtual environment 
# The second `venv` will be the name of the directory which contains the virtual environment. You can name this anything you'd like.
python -m venv venv

Then activate the virtual environment via:


. venv/bin/activate

If everything has been done correctly you should see your prompt change to have a venv prefix:


(venv) yourusername@yourlocalhost: 

You are now ready to use your virtual Python environment.