Setting up a virtualenv

setting-up-a-virtualenv.md

Setting up a virtualenv

• Install virtualenv

  pip install virtualenv

• I believe in installing virtualenvwrapper as well

  pip install virtualenvwrapper

• Edit your ~/.bash_profile file again

  nano ~/.bash_profile

• Add this line

  source /usr/local/bin/virtualenvwrapper_lazy.sh

Save and exit out of nano using control + O, enter, and then control + X.

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• virtualenv creates the actual environment that you’ll be using, while virtualwrapper makes the interface to these virtual environments even simpler.

If you installed virtualenvwrapper:

• Create a virtualenv to store the codebase mkvirtualenv name-of-virtualenv

• Activate the virtualenv workon name-of-virtualenv

• Exit out of the virtual environment, run:

  deactivate

• Delete the virtual

  rmvirtualenv name-of-virtualenv

If you didn't install virtualenvwrapper:

• Change into your code directory

  cd name-of-directory

• Create a virtualenv to store the codebase

  virtualenv name-of-virtualenv

• Change into your virtualenv directory

  cd name-of-virtualenv

• Activate the virtualenv

  . bin/activate

• Move back one level to the code directory

  cd ..