Revert the `--no-site-packages` option with virtualenv
Go to your venv folder and open pyvenv.cfg
. (E.g. if your virtual environment is called myenv
then the file will be located at myenv\pyvenv.cfg
)
You'll see a boolean setting called include-system-site-packages
Set that setting to true
to use global packages
If you want to disable using global packages, just set that setting to false
instead.
When using virtualenvwrapper to manage virtualenvs, you can use the shell function toggleglobalsitepackages
to switch between using and not using site packages.
At least for Python 3.5.2, there is pyvenv.cfg
file in the root of virtualenv directory. All you need to do is to change include-system-site-packages
flag from false
to true
:
home = /usr/bin
include-system-site-packages = false # <- change this to "true"
version = 3.5.2
Try removing (or renaming) the file no-global-site-packages.txt
in your Lib
folder under your virtual environment.
Where venv is the name of your virtual environment, and python3.4 corresponds to whichever version of python involved, for example:
$ rm venv/lib/python3.4/no-global-site-packages.txt
And if you change your mind and want to put it back:
$ touch venv/lib/python3.4/no-global-site-packages.txt
Note: If you don't see the above file, then you have a newer version of virtualenv. You'll want to follow this answer instead