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Instructions for setting up virtualenvwrapper on Mac OS X.
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Virtualenvwrapper

Install steps for virtualenvwrapper on Mac OS X using Homebrew.

Install Python

If you haven't already installed Python, please do so:

brew update && brew reinstall python

Optionally, if you want to work with the latest version of Python:

brew install python3

Setup virtualenvwrapper

Create a dir where all envs will be placed:

mkdir ~/.virtualenvs

Make sure that the virtualenvwrapper commands are available in the shell by adding the following in your .bashrc (or .profile/.zshrc):

# Virtualenv
export WORKON_HOME=~/.virtualenvs
source /usr/local/bin/virtualenvwrapper.sh
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