Virtualenv enables to generate isolated python environments
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The current virtualenv version can be check by:
virtualenv --version
To create a virtual environment and to activate execute the following:
virtualenv env
. env/bin/activate
One can create a virtualenv with a different Python version:
virtualenv --python=python2.7 env
Thus, one can have multiple environments to test against different Versions:
virtualenv -p /usr/bin/python3 pyenv
. env/bin/activate
pip install package-name
The Package management system distribute can be explicitly included:
virtualenv --distribute --python=/usr/bin/python2.7 env
The environment is deactivated by simply executing the Statement:
deactivate
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