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setup virtual environment folder location, example as below

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

Python3

creating python3 virtual environment in the directory $PWD/py3

python3 -m venv ${VENV}/py3

activating and deactivating python3 virtual environment

source ${VENV}/py3/bin/activate
deactivate

Python2

creating python2 virtual environment in the directory $PWD/py2

virtualenv -p /usr/bin/python2 ${VENV}/py2

activating python2 virtual environment

source ${VENV}/py2/bin/activate
deactivate
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