Getting started with Python Virtualenv

Create a new Virtualenv

virtualenv {name_of_virtualenv}

Interactively load the virtualenv

source ./{name_of_virtualenv}/bin/activate

Work in the virtualenv

cd ~/{name_of_virtualenv}
git clone {repo}
pip install -r ./{repo}/requirements.txt
./{repo}/{some_thing}.py

Or, to run a python script within a virtualenv once (e.g. scheduled via cron)

./{name_of_virtualenv}/bin/python2.7 ./{name_of_virtualenv}/{repo}/{some_thing}.py

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