Installing Python Packages Into a Virtual Environment

Hi, Thanks for the nice video. Could you please show how we can initialize git repository while the virtual environment i active.

Hi, Omer! git is largely unaware of Python virtualenvs. (Unless you’re calling git from python directly, but that doesn’t sound like what you’re doing :) )

If you need a git refresher, the commands for initializing and using git are covered in our Intro to Git article

Thank you Jim. I am using some git commnds but I did not use them with virtual environment. For instance, I have a simple Python project:

HelloWorld — venv — bin — include — lib — pyenv.cfg — example1.py — example2.py

In order to add this project to version control, I am planning to follow the steps below. I am not sure whether this is a correct way. I also wonder best practices. 1- cd HelloWorld 2- init git repository 3- add venv directory into .gitignore file

https://imgur.com/a/mH5tlN7

That sounds like a good approach. You don’t want the venv in your repo. You should think about a requirements.txt file to store what dependencies you have and THAT can be in the repo.

Hope that helps!

Do you happen to have a link handy for using requirements.txt?

@rehdwolfe: Check out our tutorial on using Pip and requirements.txt files.

Thanks. Very very (not a type) helpful. I would like to know how can I code in IDLE in the virtual enviroment. Thanks

Hi shevachp. IDLE is not made for writing production code in and therefor not for writing apps in virtual environments. I would recommend you upgrade to a more extensive code editor or IDE. We have a guide on IDEs and editors here: realpython.com/python-ides-code-editors-guide/

Hope that helps.