How to Create Virtual Environments in Python

• pyenv

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  Simple Python version management

  

Note that virtual environments assume you are using the same global version of Python. Often, this is not the case and additional tools like pyenv can be used alongside virtual environments when you need to switch between versions of Python itself on your local machine.

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• conda

  31 6,189 9.8 Python

  A system-level, binary package and environment manager running on all major operating systems and platforms.

  

Python's venv module is officially recommended for creating virtual environments since Python 3.5 comes packaged with your Python installation. While there still are additional older tools available, such as conda and virtualenv, if you are new to virtual environments, it is best to use venv now.

• virtualenv

  10 4,743 8.5 Python

  Virtual Python Environment builder

  

Python's venv module is officially recommended for creating virtual environments since Python 3.5 comes packaged with your Python installation. While there still are additional older tools available, such as conda and virtualenv, if you are new to virtual environments, it is best to use venv now.

• pip

  108 9,333 9.8 Python

  The Python package installer

  

Whenever you are working on a Python project that has external dependencies installed with pip, it is strongly recommended to first create a virtual environment.

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