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Using Python Virtual Environments

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Using Python Virtual Environments

Assuming our virtual environments are stored in ~/.venv:

export VENV="${HOME}/.venv"

Create a new virtual environment, in the case 'drawbot':

python -m venv $VENV/drawbot

Activate a virtual environment:

source $VENV/drawbot/bin/activate

Deactivate a virtual environment:

deactivate