Commands used in the Egghead.io Series Intro to Python

Lesson Two - Manage Dependencies with Python Virtual Environments

Command to install virtualenv:

pip install virtualenv

Steps to create a new virtual environment:

mkdir my_project
cd my_project
virtualenv py3 -p /usr/local/bin/python3
source py3/bin/activate

Command to freeze requirements into a file:

pip freeze > requirements.txt

Command to install dependencies from a requirements file:

pip install -r requirements.txt

Command to leave a virtual environment:

deactivate