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Creating a Python Virtual Environment
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Python venv (Virtual Environment) is a tool that comes bundled with Python 3.3 and later versions. It allows you to create isolated environments for Python projects.

To create a virtual environment you need to use the python venv module

python3.9 -m venv myenv

We need to need to activate the environment variable so that when we run Python or install packages, it happens within the virtual environment.

  • For windows run the below command
myenv\Scripts\activate
  • For Linux/Mac run the below command
source myenv/bin/activate
  • Python commands we run will use the Python interpreter and packages installed within that environment.
  • We can install packages using pip, and they will be installed only within the virtual environment.
  • Does not affect your global Python installation.

When you're done working within the virtual environment, you can deactivate it with the following command:

deactivate
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