Installation:
Step 1: Make sure the “virtualenv” is already installed
virtualenv --version
Step 2: Install “virtualenvwrapper“
sudo -H python3 -m pip install virtualenvwrapper
Step 3: Add some environment variables
Add the following at your .bash_profile file (or to your shell’s profile file)
export WORKON_HOME="$HOME/my_python_venvs"
export VIRTUALENVWRAPPER_VIRTUALENV="/usr/local/bin/virtualenv"
export VIRTUALENVWRAPPER_PYTHON="/usr/bin/python3"
export PROJECT_HOME="$HOME/my_python_projects"
Step 4: Source the wrapper script
source /usr/local/bin/virtualenvwrapper.sh
Step 5: Create directories
mkdir $HOME/my_python_venvs
mkdir $HOME/my_python_projects
You are ready to use the virtualenvwrapper!!
Using virtualenvwrapper
