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I am new to Python virtual environments. Previously I was using the virtualenv command to create virtual environments, but I came across to a tutorial using mkvirtualenv to create a virtual environment.
What is the benefit of mkvirtualenv over virtualenv, and how they are different?
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These are almost completely interchangeable, the difference being that virtualenv supports older python versions and has a few more minor unique features, while venv is in the standard library.
Virtualenvwrapper is a utility on top of virtualenv that adds a bunch of utilities that allow the environment folders to be created at a single place, instead of spreading around everywhere.
venv is an environment manager for Python . conda is both a package and environment manager and is language agnostic . Whereas venv creates isolated environments for Python development only, conda can create isolated environments for any language (in theory).
This is really simple. Start by changing directory into the root of our project directory, and then use the virtualenv command-line tool to create a new environment: $ mkdir myproject $ cd myproject $ virtualenv env New python executable in env/bin/python Installing setuptools, pip, wheel... done.
virtualenv is a tool that allows you to create isolated Python environments, which can be quite helpful when you have different projects with differing requirements.
mkvirtualenv is command under virtualenvwrapper which is just a wrapper utility around virtualenv that makes it even easier to work with.
For detailed ref:
http://www.silverwareconsulting.com/index.cfm/2012/7/24/Getting-Started-with-virtualenv-and-virtualenvwrapper-in-Python
https://virtualenvwrapper.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
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