Creating and Activating Python Environments - Samuel-Buteau/universal-battery-database GitHub Wiki

This is a quick tutorial for installing and activating a Python virtual environment env.

Creating a new virtual environment

Windows:

Enter the following in Command Prompt

>mkvirvualenv env

Unix (Linux and macOS):

Enter the following in a Bash environment (often via a Terminal emulator)

$ python3 -m venv env

Use Anaconda (user-friendly, supports most platforms):

Alternatively, you can install Anaconda on Windows and Unix systems and create a virtual environment using its graphical user interface.

Activating a virtual environment

Windows:

>workon env

If you don't remember the name of your virtual environment, you can list existing environments:

>workon

Unix:

$ source env/bin/activate