How To Install virtualenv on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
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Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install virtualenv on Ubuntu.
What is virtualenv
virtualenv is:
The virtualenv utility creates virtual Python instances, each invokable with its own Python executable. Each instance can have different sets of modules, installable via pip. Virtual Python instances can also be created without root access.
This is a dependency package and may be safely removed.
There are three methods to install virtualenv on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install virtualenv Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install virtualenv using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install virtualenv
Install virtualenv Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install virtualenv using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install virtualenv
Install virtualenv Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install virtualenv using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install virtualenv
How To Uninstall virtualenv on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the virtualenv package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove virtualenv
Uninstall virtualenv And Its Dependencies
To uninstall virtualenv and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove virtualenv
Remove virtualenv Configurations and Data
To remove virtualenv configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge virtualenv
Remove virtualenv configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove virtualenv configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge virtualenv
Dependencies
virtualenv have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install virtualenv package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.