Virtual PY

python virtual environment cheatsheet

Create a new virtual environment

python -m venv env_name

Install packages

pip install package_name

Save installed packages to a file

pip freeze > requirements.txt or pip list --format=freeze > requirements.txt

Install packages from a file

pip install -r requirements.txt

Deactivate the current virtual environment

deactivate

In Linux or Mac, activate the new python environment

source env_name/bin/activate

Or in Windows

.\env_name\Scripts\activate

Requirements

Package   Version
--------- -------
asgiref   3.7.2
Django    5.0.1
dnspython 2.5.0
pip       23.2.1
sqlparse  0.4.4