Python VirtualEnv on Windows
December 31, 2014
I have a need to allow another developer to work on one of my projects, and he's on windows. I develop in Linux. Unfortunately, the setup on my machine has developed over the years, so it's not easy to replicate. There's a lesson there I'm sure!
Pip on Windows
To install pip, download it from https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py and then run that .py file in python:
C:\Users\Tim\Downloads>python get-pip.py
Collecting pip
Downloading pip-6.0.6-py2.py3-none-any.whl (1.3MB)
100% |################################| 1.3MB 682kB/s ta 0:00:01
Collecting setuptools
Downloading setuptools-11.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl (498kB)
100% |################################| 499kB 835kB/s ta 0:00:01
Installing collected packages: setuptools, pip
Successfully installed pip-6.0.6 setuptools-11.0
C:\Users\Tim\Downloads>
You can this add the scripts directory to the path using:
C:\Users\Tim\Downloads>python C:\Python27\Tools\Scripts\win_add2path.py Path(s) added: c:\python27 c:\python27\Scripts
Install VirtualEnv
Next, install virtual env using the following command:
C:\>pip install virtualenv
Collecting virtualenv
Downloading virtualenv-12.0.5-py2.py3-none-any.whl (1.8MB)
100% |################################| 1.8MB 706kB/s ta 0:00:01
Installing collected packages: virtualenv
Successfully installed virtualenv-12.0.5
