activating virtual environment python linux code example

Example 1: virtual env create python

#------FOR LINUX/MAC---------#
#installing venv 
sudo apt-get install python3.6-venv
#creating virtual env
python3 -m venv env
#activating virtual env
source env/bin/activate


#-------FOR WINDOWS----------#
#installing venv
py -m pip install --user virtualenv
#creating virtual env
py -m venv env
#activating virtual env
.\env\Scripts\activate

Example 2: how to set up python virtual environment

# install the package virtualenv
pip install virtualenv

# setup envioronment for Data engineering pipeline
virtualenv dataengineer_pipeline

# if using python >= 3.3
python -m venv dataengineer_pipeline

# start the environment in linux using 
dataengineer_pipeline/bin/activate

# or in windows
dataengineer_pipeline\Scripts\activate.bat

# when you are done using the environment, type in the command below
deactivate

Example 3: how to make virtual environment

virtualenv mypython