pyenv-virtualenv
pyenv-virtualenv is a pyenv plugin
that provides features to manage virtualenvs and conda environments
for Python on UNIX-like systems.
(NOTICE: If you are an existing user of virtualenvwrapper
and you love it, pyenv-virtualenvwrapper may help you
(additionally) to manage your virtualenvs.)
Installation
Installing as a pyenv plugin
This will install the latest development version of pyenv-virtualenv into
the $(pyenv root)/plugins/pyenv-virtualenv directory.
Important note: If you installed pyenv into a non-standard directory, make
sure that you clone this repo into the 'plugins' directory of wherever you
installed into.
From inside that directory you can:
- Check out a specific release tag.
- Get the latest development release by running
git pull to download the
latest changes.
💡 WSL note: If you're using WSL, we recommend setting Git to use Unix-style line endings to prevent script execution errors:
git config --global core.autocrlf input
-
Check out pyenv-virtualenv into plugin directory
git clone https://github.com/pyenv/pyenv-virtualenv.git $(pyenv root)/plugins/pyenv-virtualenv
For the Fish shell:
git clone https://github.com/pyenv/pyenv-virtualenv.git (pyenv root)/plugins/pyenv-virtualenv
-
(OPTIONAL) Add pyenv virtualenv-init to your shell to enable auto-activation of virtualenvs. This is entirely optional but pretty useful. See "Activate virtualenv" below.
echo 'eval "$(pyenv virtualenv-init -)"' >> ~/.bashrc
Fish shell note: Add this to your ~/.config/fish/config.fish
status --is-interactive; and pyenv virtualenv-init - | source
Zsh note: Modify your ~/.zshrc file instead of ~/.bashrc.
-
Restart your shell to enable pyenv-virtualenv
exec "$SHELL"
Installing with Homebrew (for macOS users)
macOS users can install pyenv-virtualenv with the
Homebrew package manager.
This will give you access to the pyenv-virtualenv command. If you have pyenv
installed, you will also be able to use the pyenv virtualenv command.
This is the recommended method of installation if you installed pyenv
with Homebrew.
brew install pyenv-virtualenv
Or, if you would like to install the latest development release:
brew install --HEAD pyenv-virtualenv
After installation, you'll still need to do
Pyenv shell setup steps
then add
eval "$(pyenv virtualenv-init -)"
to your shell's .rc file (as stated in the caveats). You'll only ever have to do this once.
Usage
Using pyenv virtualenv with pyenv
To create a virtualenv for the Python version used with pyenv, run
pyenv virtualenv, specifying the Python version you want and the name
of the virtualenv directory. For example,
pyenv virtualenv 2.7.10 my-virtual-env-2.7.10
will create a virtualenv based on Python 2.7.10 under $(pyenv root)/versions in a
folder called my-virtual-env-2.7.10.
pyenv virtualenv forwards any options to the underlying command that actually
creates the virtual environment (conda, virtualenv, or python -m venv).
See the output of pyenv virtualenv --help for details.
Create virtualenv from current version
If there is only one argument given to pyenv virtualenv, the virtualenv will
be created with the given name based on the current pyenv Python version.
$ pyenv version
3.4.3 (set by /home/yyuu/.pyenv/version)
$ pyenv virtualenv venv34
List existing virtualenvs
pyenv virtualenvs shows you the list of existing virtualenvs and conda environments.
$ pyenv shell venv34
$ pyenv virtualenvs
miniconda3-3.9.1 (created from /home/yyuu/.pyenv/versions/miniconda3-3.9.1)
miniconda3-3.9.1/envs/myenv (created from /home/yyuu/.pyenv/versions/miniconda3-3.9.1)
2.7.10/envs/my-virtual-env-2.7.10 (created from /home/yyuu/.pyenv/versions/2.7.10)
3.4.3/envs/venv34 (created from /home/yyuu/.pyenv/versions/3.4.3)
my-virtual-env-2.7.10 (created from /home/yyuu/.pyenv/versions/2.7.10)
* venv34 (created from /home/yyuu/.pyenv/versions/3.4.3)
There are two entries for each virtualenv, and the shorter one is just a symlink.
Activate virtualenv
Some external tools (e.g. jedi) might
require you to activate the virtualenv and conda environments.
If eval "$(pyenv virtualenv-init -)" is configured in your shell, pyenv-virtualenv will automatically activate/deactivate virtualenvs on entering/leaving directories which contain a .python-version file that contains the name of a valid virtual environment as shown in the output of pyenv virtualenvs (e.g., venv34 or 3.4.3/envs/venv34 in example above) . .python-version files are used by pyenv to denote local Python versions and can be created and deleted with the pyenv local command.
You can also activate and deactivate a pyenv virtualenv manually:
pyenv activate <name>
pyenv deactivate
Delete existing virtualenv
Removing the directories in $(pyenv root)/versions and $(pyenv root)/versions/{version}/envs will delete the virtualenv, or you can run:
pyenv uninstall my-virtual-env
You can also delete existing virtualenvs by using virtualenv-delete command, e.g. you can run:
pyenv virtualenv-delete my-virtual-env
This will delete virtualenv called my-virtual-env.
virtualenv and venv
There is a venv module available
for CPython 3.3 and newer.
It provides an executable module venv which is the successor of virtualenv
and distributed by default.
pyenv-virtualenv uses python -m venv if it is available and the virtualenv
command is not available.
Anaconda and Miniconda
You can manage conda environments by conda create as same manner as standard Anaconda/Miniconda installations.
To use those environments, you can use pyenv activate and pyenv deactivate.
$ pyenv version
miniconda3-3.9.1 (set by /home/yyuu/.pyenv/version)
$ conda env list
# conda environments:
#
myenv /home/yyuu/.pyenv/versions/miniconda3-3.9.1/envs/myenv
root * /home/yyuu/.pyenv/versions/miniconda3-3.9.1
$ pyenv activate miniconda3-3.9.1/envs/myenv
discarding /home/yyuu/.pyenv/versions/miniconda3-3.9.1/bin from PATH
prepending /home/yyuu/.pyenv/versions/miniconda3-3.9.1/envs/myenv/bin to PATH
$ python --version
Python 3.4.3 :: Continuum Analytics, Inc.
$ pyenv deactivate
discarding /home/yyuu/.pyenv/versions/miniconda3-3.9.1/envs/myenv/bin from PATH
If conda is available, pyenv virtualenv will use it to create environment by conda create.
$ pyenv version
miniconda3-3.9.1 (set by /home/yyuu/.pyenv/version)
$ pyenv virtualenv myenv2
$ conda env list
# conda environments:
#
myenv /home/yyuu/.pyenv/versions/miniconda3-3.9.1/envs/myenv
myenv /home/yyuu/.pyenv/versions/miniconda3-3.9.1/envs/myenv2
root * /home/yyuu/.pyenv/versions/miniconda3-3.9.1
You can use version like miniconda3-3.9.1/envs/myenv to specify conda environment as a version in pyenv.
$ pyenv version
miniconda3-3.9.1 (set by /home/yyuu/.pyenv/version)
$ pyenv shell miniconda3-3.9.1/envs/myenv
$ which python
/home/yyuu/.pyenv/versions/miniconda3-3.9.1/envs/myenv/bin/python
Special environment variables
You can set certain environment variables to control pyenv-virtualenv.
PYENV_VIRTUALENV_CACHE_PATH, if set, specifies a directory to use for
caching downloaded package files.VIRTUALENV_VERSION, if set, forces pyenv-virtualenv to install the desired
version of virtualenv. If virtualenv has not been installed,
pyenv-virtualenv will try to install the given version of virtualenv.GET_PIP, if set and venv is preferred over virtualenv,
use get_pip.py from the specified location.GET_PIP_URL, if set and venv is preferred over
virtualenv, download get_pip.py from the specified URL.PIP_VERSION, if set and venv is preferred
over virtualenv, install the specified version of pip.PYENV_VIRTUALENV_VERBOSE_ACTIVATE, if set, shows some verbose outputs on activation and deactivationPYENV_VIRTUALENV_PROMPT, if set, allows users to customize how pyenv-virtualenv modifies their shell prompt. The default prompt ("(venv)") is overwritten with any user-specified text. Specify the location of the virtual environment name with the string {venv}. For example, the default prompt string would be ({venv}).
Version History
See CHANGELOG.md.
License
(The MIT License)
- Copyright (c) 2015 Yamashita, Yuu
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
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