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Kamal Mustafa
This is quite dated. The preferred way to invoke virtualenv (venv as it known these days) is through python itself:-
python -mvenv myenv
I wrote some more on virtualenv, such as why using source bin/activate not advised for beginner here:-
source bin/activate
blog.xoxzo.com/2020/05/09/making-sense-python-env…
Tijani Ayomide
Software Engineer | Technical Writer
Is that so I haven’t had any problems using this method... Although seeing a better means wouldn’t hurt... I would give your blog a read 😁. Thank you
Tijani Ayomide virtualenv will still work but you have one less thing to install before getting started. Previously you have to tell people:-
Now it just:-