python new environment setup code example

Example 1: making a virtual environment python

# First install virtualenv
!pip3 install virtualenv

# Go to the desired directory which you wish you run your virtual environment.
cd project_directory

# create a virtual environment called my_virtualenv
virtualenv my_virtualenv

### to run the virtual environemt run "activate" as in the following command
.\my_virtualenv\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