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This will create a new virtual environment in the
Once created, the virtual environment must be activated via one of the following commands.
On Windows:
On Linux and Mac OS:
Once the virtual environment is activated, just use the
How to Create a Virtual Environment
A virtual environment allows a project's dependencies to be separated from globally installed packages in a Python installation. Python includes in its standard library a utility for this calledvenv. To create a new virtual environment, run the following command in the terminal:python -m venv env
This will create a new virtual environment in the
env folder. The command is typically executed from the path where the files of the project for which you want to create the environment are located. For example:mkdir new_project
cd new_project
python -m venv env
Once created, the virtual environment must be activated via one of the following commands.
On Windows:
env\Scripts\activate
On Linux and Mac OS:
source env/bin/activate
Once the virtual environment is activated, just use the
python and pip commands to run a application or install new packages within the environment.