I’m able to update pip-managed packages, but how do I update pip itself? According to pip –version, I currently have pip 1.1 installed in my virtualenv and I want to update to the latest version. What’s the command for that? Do I need to use distribute or is there a native pip or virtualenv …
Tag: virtualenv
How to install python library Pyexiv2 and Gexiv2 on osx 10.6.8?
Does anyone knows how to install the python library pyexiv2 and/or Gexiv2 on Mac OSX, ideally on version 10.6.8 and in a virtualenv? Answer It’s pretty simple with Homebrew package manager: If you’re using Macports, it also has exiv2 formulas: http://www.macports.org/ports.php?by=name&substr=e…
How to import a globally installed package to virtualenv folder
So I have a virtualenv folder called venv for my python project. I can run: Which installs all requirements I need for the project except one, M2Crypto. The only way to install it is through apt-get: How can I then add this package installed through apt to venv folder? Answer What I did after all:
Sorting out Django and MySQL in virtualenv
I’m following this tutorial to get started with Django, but I’m very confused about how to integrate MySQL. Doing this in the context of virtualenv (which is new to me) seems to complicate things even further. I’m running on Ubuntu and the MySQL server is on another host. Here are my specifi…
Pip install Matplotlib error with virtualenv
I am trying to install matplotlib in a new virtualenv. When I do: or I get this error: Anyone have an idea what is going on? Any help much appreciated. Answer Building Matplotlib requires libpng (and freetype, as well) which isn’t a python library, so pip doesn’t handle installing it (or freetype)…
Issue with virtualenv – cannot activate
I created a virtualenv around my project, but when I try to activate it I cannot. It might just be syntax or folder location, but I am stumped right now. You can see below, I create the virtualenv and call it venv. Everything looks good, then I try to activate it by running source venv/bin/activate I’m …
Python virtualenv questions
I’m using VirtualEnv on Windows XP. I’m wondering if I have my brain wrapped around it correctly: I ran virtualenv ENV and it created C:WINDOWSsystem32ENV. I then changed my PATH variable to include C:WINDOWSsystem32ENVScripts instead of C:Python27Scripts. Then, I checked out Django into C:WINDOWS…
virtualenv in PowerShell?
There seems to be a problem when virtualenv is used in PowerShell. When I try to activate my environment in PowerShell like… .. nothing happens. (the shell prompt should have changed as well as the PATH env. variable .) I guess the problem is that PowerShell spawns a new cmd. process just for running th…
Virtualenv on Ubuntu with no site-packages
I’ve been using virtualenv lately while developing in python. I like the idea of a segregated development environment using the –no-site-packages option, but doing this while developing a PyGTK app can be a bit tricky. The PyGTK modules are installed on Ubuntu by default, and I would like to make …