How to Setup a Python Virtual Environment on CentOS

In this video, we demonstrate to you how to do setup a Python virtual environment on CentOS

Commands used:
[root@centos8 ~]# yum update -y
[root@centos8 ~]# python3 -m venv python3-virtualenv
[root@centos8 ~]# pip3 freeze
[root@centos8 ~]# source python3-virtualenv/bin/activate
(python3-virtualenv) [root@centos8 ~]#
(python3-virtualenv) [root@centos8 ~]# python --version
(python3-virtualenv) [root@centos8 ~]# pip install -U pip requests
(python3-virtualenv) [root@centos8 ~]# pip freeze
(python3-virtualenv) [root@centos8 ~]# deactivate
[root@centos8 ~]#
[root@centos8 ~]# pip2 install virtualenv
[root@centos8 ~]# virtualenv -p $(which python2) python2-virtualenv
[root@centos8 ~]# source python2-virtualenv/bin/activate
(python2-virtualenv) [root@centos8 ~]#
(python2-virtualenv) [root@centos8 ~]# python --version
(python2-virtualenv) [root@centos8 ~]# pip install requests
(python2-virtualenv) [root@centos8 ~]# pip freeze
(python2-virtualenv) [root@centos8 ~]# deactivate
[root@centos8 ~]#

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Video by: Justin Palmer