Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!aioe.org!feeder.news-service.com!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed6.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.001 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 1.00; '*S*': 0.00; 'permissions': 0.04; 'ubuntu': 0.04; 'imports': 0.07; 'python': 0.08; '(use': 0.09; 'overwrite': 0.09; 'received:80.91': 0.09; 'received:80.91.229': 0.09; 'received:80.91.229.12': 0.09; 'received:gmane.org': 0.09; 'received:list': 0.09; 'received:lo.gmane.org': 0.09; 'output': 0.10; 'packages.': 0.13; 'subject:use': 0.15; 'confusing.': 0.16; 'subject:virtualenv': 0.16; 'subject:not': 0.21; "doesn't": 0.22; 'wondered': 0.23; 'ignore': 0.26; "i'm": 0.27; 'problem': 0.28; 'import': 0.28; 'compile': 0.29; 'environment': 0.29; 'modules,': 0.30; 'modules': 0.31; 'seem': 0.31; 'version': 0.32; 'hi,': 0.32; 'does': 0.32; 'installed': 0.32; 'there': 0.33; 'to:addr:python- list': 0.33; 'calling': 0.33; 'done': 0.34; 'header:User-Agent:1': 0.34; 'skip:= 10': 0.34; 'packages,': 0.34; 'header:X-Complaints- To:1': 0.35; 'running': 0.35; 'created': 0.36; 'using': 0.37; 'run': 0.37; 'but': 0.37; 'install': 0.37; 'could': 0.38; 'received:org': 0.38; 'some': 0.38; 'skip:- 10': 0.39; 'header :Mime-Version:1': 0.39; 'user': 0.39; 'why': 0.39; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'setup': 0.40; 'huge': 0.61; 'hope': 0.61; 'due': 0.66; 'why?': 0.73; 'satisfied': 0.84 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: python-list@python.org From: Gelonida N Subject: ipython installed in virtualenv seems not to use virtualenv Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2011 10:59:40 +0200 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: unicorn.dungeon.de User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.2.18) Gecko/20110617 Lightning/1.0b2 "" X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 68 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1313053199 news.xs4all.nl 23942 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:39817 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.python:11197 Hi, Short version ============== I have a system with ipython installed by my Ubuntu distribution I created a virtualenv with > virtualenv ~/myenv I installed ipython > pip install ipython --upgrade When using ipython I notice, that it does import the modules from my default python setup and not from my virtualenv. Why? What could I have done differently? Long version =================== I created a virtualenv with virtualenv ~/myenv THis inherits my machines site packages. The reason I'm not using virutalenv --no-site-packages ~/myenv is that I would like to use some of the site packages, in particular some, that I don't want to compile due to huge package dependencies. Small problem is, that if I run ipython in a virtualenv it will still call /usr/bin/ipython and if I check the modules, that I import I seem to import the modules of my default environment and not the ones of my virtualenv. So I decided I will install my own version of ipython in my virtualenv The output if pip install ipython is a little confusing. > Requirement already satisfied (use --upgrade to upgrade): ipython in /usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6 As I am a normal user and I don't have permissions to overwrite /usr/lib I decided to just give it a try and hope it will install in my virtualenv path and not in /usr/lib/... After running > pip install ipython --upgrade I have my own version of ipython. However when calling and using it I notice it still imports the modules from my default python and not from my virtualenv? Why does ipython ignore the virtualenv's settings? I know there are workarounds, but I wondered why it doesn't work out of the box.