Installing Python and creating a virtualenv (Linux, Mac OS X, Windows)

python_venv.rst

Linux

CentOS

sudo yum -y update
sudo yum -y install centos-release-SCL  # the package is part of CentOS Extras repository
sudo yum -y install python27
source /opt/rh/python27/enable
virtualenv my_venv
source my_venv/bin/activate

Ubuntu

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get -y upgrade
sudo apt-get -y install python-virtualenv
virtualenv my_venv
source my_venv/bin/activate

Mac OS X

easy_install virtualenv
virtualenv my_venv
source my_venv/bin/activate

Windows

Download Python installer and install making sure you check the Add Python 3.5 to PATH checkbox. In cmd.exe run:

pip install virtualenv
virtualenv my_venv
my_venv\Scripts\activate