How to create a virtual environment to run a particular version of python

Question

Hi Guys,

I have multiple versions of python installed in my system. I want to create a virtual environment such that when I run python3 command it launches the specified version of python.

Can anyone tell me how to launch a virtual environment?

Answer 1

Hi@akhtar

To create a virtual environment, decide upon a directory where you want to place it, and run the venv module as a script with the directory path.

$ python3 -m venv tutorial-env

Once you’ve created a virtual environment, you may activate it using the below-given command:

$ tutorial-env\Scripts\activate.bat