Venv
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A virtual environment is a Python environment such that the Python interpreter, libraries and scripts installed into it are isolated from those installed in other virtual environments, and (by default) any libraries installed in a “system” Python, i.e., one which is installed as part of your operating system.
Set up a Virtual Environment in Python
https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/how-to-setup-virtual-environments-in-python/
- Install venv
pip install virtualenv
- Create a virtual environment in your project folder using syntax
python<version> -m venv <virtual-environment-name>
- example:
mkdir projectA
cd projectA
python3.8 -m venv env
- Activate the virtual environment
source env/bin/activate