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Creation of :ref:`virtual environments <venv-def>` is done by executing the
command ``venv``::
python3 -m venv /path/to/new/virtual/environment
Running this command creates the target directory (creating any parent
directories that don't exist already) and places a ``pyvenv.cfg`` file in it
with a ``home`` key pointing to the Python installation from which the command
was run. It also creates a ``bin`` (or ``Scripts`` on Windows) subdirectory
containing a copy/symlink of the Python binary/binaries (as appropriate for the
platform or arguments used at environment creation time). It also creates an
(initially empty) ``lib/pythonX.Y/site-packages`` subdirectory
(on Windows, this is ``Lib\site-packages``). If an existing
directory is specified, it will be re-used.
.. deprecated:: 3.6
``pyvenv`` was the recommended tool for creating virtual environments for
Python 3.3 and 3.4, and is `deprecated in Python 3.6
<https://docs.python.org/dev/whatsnew/3.6.html#deprecated-features>`_.
.. versionchanged:: 3.5
The use of ``venv`` is now recommended for creating virtual environments.
.. highlight:: none
On Windows, invoke the ``venv`` command as follows::
c:\>c:\Python35\python -m venv c:\path\to\myenv
Alternatively, if you configured the ``PATH`` and ``PATHEXT`` variables for
your :ref:`Python installation <using-on-windows>`::
c:\>python -m venv c:\path\to\myenv
The command, if run with ``-h``, will show the available options::
usage: venv [-h] [--system-site-packages] [--symlinks | --copies] [--clear]
[--upgrade] [--without-pip] [--prompt PROMPT] [--upgrade-deps]
ENV_DIR [ENV_DIR ...]
Creates virtual Python environments in one or more target directories.
positional arguments:
ENV_DIR A directory to create the environment in.
optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
--system-site-packages
Give the virtual environment access to the system
site-packages dir.
--symlinks Try to use symlinks rather than copies, when symlinks
are not the default for the platform.
--copies Try to use copies rather than symlinks, even when
symlinks are the default for the platform.
--clear Delete the contents of the environment directory if it
already exists, before environment creation.
--upgrade Upgrade the environment directory to use this version
of Python, assuming Python has been upgraded in-place.
--without-pip Skips installing or upgrading pip in the virtual
environment (pip is bootstrapped by default)
--prompt PROMPT Provides an alternative prompt prefix for this
environment.
--upgrade-deps Upgrade core dependencies: pip setuptools to the
latest version in PyPI
Once an environment has been created, you may wish to activate it, e.g. by
sourcing an activate script in its bin directory.
.. versionchanged:: 3.8
Add ``--upgrade-deps`` option to upgrade pip + setuptools to the latest on PyPI
.. versionchanged:: 3.4
Installs pip by default, added the ``--without-pip`` and ``--copies``
options
.. versionchanged:: 3.4
In earlier versions, if the target directory already existed, an error was
raised, unless the ``--clear`` or ``--upgrade`` option was provided.
.. note::
While symlinks are supported on Windows, they are not recommended. Of
particular note is that double-clicking ``python.exe`` in File Explorer
will resolve the symlink eagerly and ignore the virtual environment.
The created ``pyvenv.cfg`` file also includes the
``include-system-site-packages`` key, set to ``true`` if ``venv`` is
run with the ``--system-site-packages`` option, ``false`` otherwise.
Unless the ``--without-pip`` option is given, :mod:`ensurepip` will be
invoked to bootstrap ``pip`` into the virtual environment.
Multiple paths can be given to ``venv``, in which case an identical virtual
environment will be created, according to the given options, at each provided
path.
Once a virtual environment has been created, it can be "activated" using a
script in the virtual environment's binary directory. The invocation of the
script is platform-specific (`<venv>` must be replaced by the path of the
directory containing the virtual environment):
+-------------+-----------------+-----------------------------------------+
| Platform | Shell | Command to activate virtual environment |
+=============+=================+=========================================+
| Posix | bash/zsh | $ source <venv>/bin/activate |
+-------------+-----------------+-----------------------------------------+
| | fish | $ . <venv>/bin/activate.fish |
+-------------+-----------------+-----------------------------------------+
| | csh/tcsh | $ source <venv>/bin/activate.csh |
+-------------+-----------------+-----------------------------------------+
| Windows | cmd.exe | C:\\> <venv>\\Scripts\\activate.bat |
+-------------+-----------------+-----------------------------------------+
| | PowerShell | PS C:\\> <venv>\\Scripts\\Activate.ps1 |
+-------------+-----------------+-----------------------------------------+
You don't specifically *need* to activate an environment; activation just
prepends the virtual environment's binary directory to your path, so that
"python" invokes the virtual environment's Python interpreter and you can run
installed scripts without having to use their full path. However, all scripts
installed in a virtual environment should be runnable without activating it,
and run with the virtual environment's Python automatically.
You can deactivate a virtual environment by typing "deactivate" in your shell.
The exact mechanism is platform-specific: for example, the Bash activation
script defines a "deactivate" function, whereas on Windows there are separate
scripts called ``deactivate.bat`` and ``Deactivate.ps1`` which are installed
when the virtual environment is created.
.. versionadded:: 3.4
``fish`` and ``csh`` activation scripts.
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