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venv — Create lightweight virtual environments in Python. More information: <https://docs.python.org/librar

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Problem

How to use the venv command: Create lightweight virtual environments in Python. More information: <https://docs.python.org/library/venv.html>.

Solution

venv — Create lightweight virtual environments in Python. More information: <https://docs.python.org/library/venv.html>.

Create a Python virtual environment:

python -m venv {{path/to/virtual_environment}}

Activate the virtual environment (Linux and macOS):

{{[.|source]}} {{path/to/virtual_environment}}/bin/activate

Activate the virtual environment (Windows):

{{path\to\virtual_environment}}\Scripts\activate.bat

Deactivate the virtual environment:

deactivate

Create an alias that generates a venv folder and automatically activates it:

alias venv='python -m venv .venv && source {{.venv/bin/activate|.venv\Scripts\activate.bat}}'

Code Snippets

Create a Python virtual environment

python -m venv {{path/to/virtual_environment}}

Activate the virtual environment (Linux and macOS)

{{[.|source]}} {{path/to/virtual_environment}}/bin/activate

Activate the virtual environment (Windows)

{{path\to\virtual_environment}}\Scripts\activate.bat

Deactivate the virtual environment

deactivate

Create an alias that generates a `venv` folder and automatically activates it

alias venv='python -m venv .venv && source {{.venv/bin/activate|.venv\Scripts\activate.bat}}'

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