Re: Using a particular python binary with venv

From	Laura Creighton <lac@openend.se>
Subject	Re: Using a particular python binary with venv
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Date	2015-06-01 23:45 +0200
Newsgroups	comp.lang.python
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In a message of Mon, 01 Jun 2015 14:33:56 -0700, greenbay.graham@gmail.com writ
es:
>According to this https://docs.python.org/3.4/library/venv.html#module-venv 'Each virtual environment has its own Python binary (allowing creation of environments with various Python versions)' 
>So how would I create a virtual environment using the venv module that has a Python 2.7 binary?
>tia
>g
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#If you haven't already got it
pip install virtualenv

#Then

cd where_I_want_to_work
virtualenv -p /usr/bin/python2.7 venv
source venv/bin/activate
pip install packages_i_need

# when you are done
deactivate

to get back to your system python.

Laura

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Using a particular python binary with venv greenbay.graham@gmail.com - 2015-06-01 14:33 -0700
  Re: Using a particular python binary with venv Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2015-06-01 15:38 -0600
  Re: Using a particular python binary with venv Carl Meyer <carl@oddbird.net> - 2015-06-01 15:42 -0600
    Re: Using a particular python binary with venv greenbay.graham@gmail.com - 2015-06-01 15:07 -0700
      Re: Using a particular python binary with venv Carl Meyer <carl@oddbird.net> - 2015-06-01 16:19 -0600
      Re: Using a particular python binary with venv greenbay.graham@gmail.com - 2015-06-01 15:23 -0700
  Re: Using a particular python binary with venv Laura Creighton <lac@openend.se> - 2015-06-01 23:45 +0200

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