tldr/pages/common/venv.md

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}}'