How To Setup A Python Virtual Environment in Ubuntu 18.04


In this video, we will do a walkthrough of how to set up a virtual environment on Ubuntu.

Commands used:

apt-get update -y
apt-get install -y python3-venv
mkdir awesome_python_project
cd awesome_python_project
python3 -m venv awesome_venv
source awesome_venv/bin/activate
pip install -U setuptools pip
pip install termcolor
cat < <EOF > hello_colors.py

Snippet:
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#!/usr/bin/env python

import termcolor

for color in termcolor.COLORS.keys():
Ā  Ā  print(termcolor.colored(“Hello!”, color))
EOF
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python hello_colors.py
deactivate
python3

Ā import termcolor:
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> > > import termcolor
Traceback (most recent call last):
Ā  File “<stdin>”, line 1, in <module>
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named ‘termcolor’
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Video by: Justin Palmer


Duration: 3:20
Publisher: Liquid Web
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