How to create virtual env with python3

Question

I am using python 2.7 + virtualenv version 1.10.1 for running myproject projects. Due to some other projects requirement I have to work wit

Answer 1

Install virtualenvwrapper on top of virtualenv to simplify things. Follow the blog to install in easy steps: virtualenvwrapper

Steps to create it:

1. mkvirtualenv -p /usr/bin/python3
2. Install packages using - pip install package_name
3. workon - activates the virtualenv, deactivate - deactivates the viirtualenv

Answer 2

To create virtual env

virtualenv -p python3 venv_name 

This will create new python executable in baseDirectory/bin/python3

How to activate newely created Venv:

cd baseDirectory/bin/  

source activate  

Deactivate new venv

deactivate