Your command line will change to indicate that you are operating within the new Python virtual environment. From here, you can use Pip to install a module only to this environment.Īn example might look as follows: pip install module_name You can replace my_test_environment with the name of your project. This environment includes Python, Pip, the Python library, and supporting files. A new directory will be created with the name you provide.Īctivate the virtual environment with the following command: source my_test_environment/activate For example: /users/username/pythonĮnter the following command to create a virtual environment in that path: python3 –m venv my_test_environment Change your directory to a location where you want to store your virtual environment. Once that process completes, you can create a virtual environment for Python.
We are using the apt package installer because we’re installing the python-venv module globally. Install it with the following terminal command: sudo apt install python3–venvĪllow the process to complete. To create a virtual environment, the python-venv module is required. If you see Python 3.6 from Anaconda listed, your installation is complete.Setup Python Virtual Environments (Optional) Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. To verify the installation is complete, open Python from the command line: $ python bashrc file to load the new PATH environment variable into the current terminal session. Now that Anaconda3 is installed and Anaconda3 is added to our PATH, source the. bash-rc file to add Anaconda to your PATH By adding Anaconda to your PATH, the Anaconda distribution of Python will be called when you type $ python in a terminal. $ bash Anaconda3-5.2.0-Linux-x86_64.shĪccept the Licence Agreement and allow Anaconda to be added to your PATH. Ensure you are in the directory where the installer script downloaded: $ ls With the bash installer script downloaded, run the.
the specific release depends on when you download the installer). Although the installer is a bash script, it is still quite large and the download will not be immediate (Note the link below includes. cd into tmp and use wget to download the installer. In a terminal, cd into the home directory and make a new directory called tmp. Now that the bash installer (.sh file) link is stored on the clipboard, use wget to download the installer script. In the Python 3.6 Version* box, right-click on the link. On the downloads page, select the Linux operating system Install the Anaconda distribution of Python to follow the examples in the book without the need to install additional third-party packages. You can use the 3.6 Version of Python, but each time a new package needs to be downloaded, the $ pip3 install command must be used. You will most likely see Python Version 3.6 is also installed.
You will most likely see Python Version 2.7 is installed. You can confirm the legacy version of Python is installed by opening up a terminal. Ubuntu 18.04 comes pre-installed with Python (Version 3.6) and legacy Python (Version 2.7). This section details the installation of the Anaconda distribution of Python on Linux, specifically Ubuntu 18.04, but the instructions should work for other Debian-based Linux distributions as well. Installing Anaconda on Linux Installing Anaconda on Linux Problem Solving with Python Book Construction Run the bash script to install Anaconda3Ħ. Use wget to download the bash installerĥ. Copy the bash (.sh file) installer linkĤ.