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virtualenv

NAME

virtualenv - create virtual Python instances

SYNOPSIS

virtualenv [--version] [--help] [--verbose] [--quiet] [--clear] [--no-site-packages] [destination-directory]

DESCRIPTION

virtualenv creates virtual Python executables, each of which can have its own set of installed modules. Programs that require different versions of modules or sets of modules that may be incompatible with others to be installed on the same system without conflicts.

The result is a directory containing its own Python executables (in DIR/bin/pythonVER and DIR/bin/python) and its own module directory containing the standard library as installed by the system. Additional modules may be installed via setuptools, as invoked from the binary directory (DIR/bin/easy_install). The system´s site-packages directories will be available, but can be overridden with locally-installed modules.

In addition, a shell script called "activate" will be installed in the bin directory. If sourced, this will cause normal invokations of the Python executable to use the virtual environment.

By running the virtualenv command explicitly under the desired Python interpreter, the user can control which version of Python is created in the virtual environment.

OPTIONS

-h, --help

Show summary of options.

--version

Show the version of the program.

-v, --verbose

Be more verbose.

-q, --quiet

Be less verbose; suppress unimportant output.

--clear

Clear out a previously-created virtual Python instance in this location before creating a new one.

-p PYTHON_EXE,--python=PYTHON_EXE

The Python interpreter to use to create the new environment.

--no-site-packages

Don´t give access to the global site-packages modules to the virtual environment.

--unzip-setuptools

Unzip Setuptools or Distribute when installing it.

--relocatable

Make an EXISTING virtualenv environment relocatable.

--distribute

Ignored. Distribute is used by default. See --setuptools to use Setuptools instead of Distribute.

--setuptools Use Setuptools instead of Distribute. Set environ variable VIRTUALENV_USE_SETUPTOOLS to make it the default.

AUTHORS

 This manual page was originally written by Jeff Licquia <licquia@debian.org>, later rewritten by Carl Chenet <chaica@ohmytux.com>.
 

LICENSE

 Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU General Public License, version 2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation.
 

 On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL.
 

COPYRIGHT

 Copyright © 2007 Jeff Licquia