Can I automatically change my PYTHONPATH when activating/deactivating a virtualenv?

Question

I would like to have a different PYTHONPATH from my usual in a particular virtualenv. How do I set this up automatically? I realize that it\'s possible to hack the bin/act

Answer 1

This django-users post is probably going to help you a lot. It suggests using virtualenvwrapper to wrap virtualenv, to use the add2virtualenv command. Using this, when the environment is active, you can just call:

add2virtualenv directory1 directory2 ...

to add the directories to your pythonpath for the current environment.

It handles autonomously the PATH changes on environment switches. No black magic required. Et voila!