How to duplicate virtualenv

Question

I have an existing virtualenv with a lot of packages but an old version of Django.

What I want to do is duplicate this environment so I have another

Answer 1

Easiest option is using virtualenv-clone package.

To duplicate venv1 to venv2, follow these steps:

1. Install virtualenv-clone in either venv1 or a dummy virtual environment venv_dummy. To create venv_dummy:

   python -m virtualenv venv_dummy
   source venv_dummy/bin/activate
   

2. To install virtualenv-clone:

   (venv_dummy): pip install virtualenv-clone
   

3. To duplicate venv1 to venv2:

   (venv_dummy): virtualenv-clone venv1/ venv2/